Here is the picture of a sponge commonly used for cleaning dishes found at a dollarstore ...
1$ pack of four...
I seen alot of discussions about using a wet sponge to clean your tip after each solderings you do... After a bit of reasearch i finally understood "sponges" did not mean the ones that soak up the water aka bath sponges but more like a brass "spunge" anyways on sparkfun electronic they sell sponges "for soldering" and the picture clearly was a brass sponge like i bought recently...
Now my question is... After watching many more youtube videos diy and how to's for different thibgs well i also notice that some people ln there looked like they were actually using a real yellow bath sponge damp with water and they looked like they were experienced users so im l'kinda confused as to which spongebis supposed to be used trafitionally ? Only thing i know, and propably answers my own question, is that ever since i changed from these green and yellow dishcleaning sponges/scrubpad to those yellow brassmetal sponges my tip has always been mint and i do add water a bit on the spunge but why exactly is water necessary and how much of it should be added (the brass "sponge" does not soak it at all obviously always ends up in a puddle under it on the table but it does keep it wet a bit to touch until it dry shortly after... But anyways my question is getting more and more specific sorry but im really confused because all the literature say "sponge" and to me twisted metal in a bun is not a spunge also some people i see on youtube really do use the yellow water retaining spunges sonim starting the think this may be the best thibg to use?
But if i listen to myself i cant say yellow sponge makes sense just because when i put the hot iron on it (60w at max setting) it burns it smokes ALOT and my tip is ... Ok
Thanks for your answers guys hopefully someone really 100% knowledgable can confirm 100% sure that is he absolutely 110% adament lol that he know the state of the art way thank you and have a great day this forum i just joined seems very nice btw good work !
1$ pack of four...
I seen alot of discussions about using a wet sponge to clean your tip after each solderings you do... After a bit of reasearch i finally understood "sponges" did not mean the ones that soak up the water aka bath sponges but more like a brass "spunge" anyways on sparkfun electronic they sell sponges "for soldering" and the picture clearly was a brass sponge like i bought recently...
Now my question is... After watching many more youtube videos diy and how to's for different thibgs well i also notice that some people ln there looked like they were actually using a real yellow bath sponge damp with water and they looked like they were experienced users so im l'kinda confused as to which spongebis supposed to be used trafitionally ? Only thing i know, and propably answers my own question, is that ever since i changed from these green and yellow dishcleaning sponges/scrubpad to those yellow brassmetal sponges my tip has always been mint and i do add water a bit on the spunge but why exactly is water necessary and how much of it should be added (the brass "sponge" does not soak it at all obviously always ends up in a puddle under it on the table but it does keep it wet a bit to touch until it dry shortly after... But anyways my question is getting more and more specific sorry but im really confused because all the literature say "sponge" and to me twisted metal in a bun is not a spunge also some people i see on youtube really do use the yellow water retaining spunges sonim starting the think this may be the best thibg to use?
But if i listen to myself i cant say yellow sponge makes sense just because when i put the hot iron on it (60w at max setting) it burns it smokes ALOT and my tip is ... Ok
Thanks for your answers guys hopefully someone really 100% knowledgable can confirm 100% sure that is he absolutely 110% adament lol that he know the state of the art way thank you and have a great day this forum i just joined seems very nice btw good work !