I used plecter's youtube on soldering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdnGUMi7lQ and Nova Star's wiring guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdnGUMi7lQand I wired up my whole hilt. All went totally smooth, even the accent LEDs. I used a damp rag to keep my tip clean, and that seemed to work fine till I went back to make some adjustments an hour or so later. When I tried to do more it wouldn't melt the solder for like 10 seconds and then it wouldn't stick to the tip and just made a ball on the end of my soldering wire. I'm guessing I contaminated my tip. Fortunately I had a second tip, a big honking chisel tip to finish it.
Can anyone tell me how to restore my tip? Fine grit sand paper maybe?
I'm also curious how I may have done this to avoid it in the future.
I was gonna put this in the LED wiring section but it applies to anyone using EL as well. A general wiring section seems like a good idea for something like this.
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