Liam Blanche
New Member
I am new to electronics and am trying to make a simple power supply. The soldering iron and solder I am using can be seen here; https://www.rpelectronics.com/sr-1024k-soldering-iron-kit.html . I am having difficulty tinning the iron, the flux seems to evaporate before the solder has a chance to tin the surface of the iron and I am left with a dark char-like covering on the iron. In addition when I try to tin it at a lower temperature I find that the rosin core evaporates at a lower temperature than the solder melts. How do you fix this issue?