Cold Heat soldering Iron

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Jul 1, 2005 | 05:22 AM

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midiwall

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Originally Posted by 89macrunner

what i do is i put some solder on the wire and let it dry...than i put the wire with the solder already on it next to what im going to solder it to....than i just heat the solder and let it go again

is this wrong?

Nope, that's effectively tinning the wires. The only suggestion there is that you might want to add additional solder when you re-heat the wires. Think of solder as glue for wires, but you need a good bead for adhesion, it's not like superglue where you _only_ want a thin layer between the pieces.