Comment Comment by MarcScott 1. Use a soldering iron that can hit 400, and use a needle tip2. Use leaded solder - lead-free is a pain. If you're not doing this for hours every day, even without ventilation, you'll be fine.3. Heat the pads you're soldering to, not the solder. I used to tell kids to hold the iron to the pad for a count of three, then feed the solder in.4. Two additional tools I find helpful - a solder sucker and copper wick. parent MarcScott 1 month ago
2. Use leaded solder - lead-free is a pain. If you're not doing this for hours every day, even without ventilation, you'll be fine.
3. Heat the pads you're soldering to, not the solder. I used to tell kids to hold the iron to the pad for a count of three, then feed the solder in.
4. Two additional tools I find helpful - a solder sucker and copper wick.