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Or you need to clean the wires. If they are dirty the solder has a hard time holding. Just get some sand paper and clean them up and try again.
 

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FoxMustangLvr said:
The solder would melt but just run over the bare wire and fall off. I have a cheapo $8 iron.
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Are you melting the solder with the iron, or the wire? The trick is to get the wire hot enough that it is what melts the solder. It should suck it in like a sponge.
 

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Very true, use the iron to heat the wire. Theres some pretty good tutorials on youtube showing the correct methods
 

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I personally use a small butane torch for soldering. It heats the wire up ridiculously fast. You can just use one of those torch pocket lighters if you want. The only thing you have to be careful of is that you don't light anything else up if soldering in a tight area, but it still beats holding an iron on a wire. Don't forget the heat shrink tubing!
 
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View attachment 116424
 
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what? your nuts?
 

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RacEoHolic330 said:
I personally use a small butane torch for soldering. It heats the wire up ridiculously fast. You can just use one of those torch pocket lighters if you want. The only thing you have to be careful of is that you don't light anything else up if soldering in a tight area, but it still beats holding an iron on a wire. Don't forget the heat shrink tubing!
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Small butane torch does seem to be the way to go and it saves me from having to buy a heat gun to melt the heat shrink tubing.
 

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and... you can light a cigar with it too, try that with an iron
 

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Not a big fan of open flame under the hood of my car. At 25-years-old, I try not to gamble with the integrity of the fuel rails by provoking them with nearby fire if it isn't necessary.
 

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Just be careful with the torch and the shrink tubing. It's easy to overheat and blister the tubing from too much heat. You'll figure out the threshold after you do it a few times.
 

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madspeed said:
and... you can light a cigar with it too, try that with an iron
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Cigars? Wife is always complaining about the smell. So after a long hard day at work I like to freebase crack and relax.
 

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on second thought, cigars might help keep a certain someone out of the garage
 
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RacEoHolic330 said:
Just be careful with the torch and the shrink tubing. It's easy to overheat and blister the tubing from too much heat. You'll figure out the threshold after you do it a few times.
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I just watched a "how to" youtube video on butane soldering, stand back i am now a professional
 

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did they light a cigar?
 

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no but i'm sure they freebased some crack!
 

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Flux helps. Rosin core solder helps. Flux capacitor - a complete hoax.
 

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Flux off
 

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Flux me? No flux you muthafluxa
 

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Flux on , Flux off
 

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Flux on , Flux off
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Marshmellow Fluxx and pnut butter sammiches. Now that brings back memories. Ridin that Big Wheel, no helmet. Those were the days.
 
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