Hi guys,
recently I got me a very decent soldering station, the JBC AD2700. It's an awesome work tool. My only woe is that the tip is turning black, apparently from the solder flux. Here is a close-up of the tip:
It's not hindering the soldering process as the solder sticks to the tip perfectly. The flux only burns on the special "non-sticky" upper part of the tip.
I've tried cleaning it with a wet sponge during soldering work with no real effect as it is pretty resilient and cleaning the curved top is quite troublesome. Should I be worried? I'm afraid the continuously burning flux will be overly corrosive to the tip. I'm using Sn60 Pb39 Cu1 Stannol solder with F-SW26 for through-hole and SMD components.
Do you have any advice or recommendations?
recently I got me a very decent soldering station, the JBC AD2700. It's an awesome work tool. My only woe is that the tip is turning black, apparently from the solder flux. Here is a close-up of the tip:
It's not hindering the soldering process as the solder sticks to the tip perfectly. The flux only burns on the special "non-sticky" upper part of the tip.
I've tried cleaning it with a wet sponge during soldering work with no real effect as it is pretty resilient and cleaning the curved top is quite troublesome. Should I be worried? I'm afraid the continuously burning flux will be overly corrosive to the tip. I'm using Sn60 Pb39 Cu1 Stannol solder with F-SW26 for through-hole and SMD components.
Do you have any advice or recommendations?