My uncle said my soldering looked like bird poop, so I switched to a $14 iron with a real tip

Amy Walker · 2026-10-11T09:10:02.824235+00:00

He was right, my joints on the Arduino clock were cold and gray, and the new tip made them shiny in one pass. Now I'm redoing every board in the drawer, what's your go-to trick for keeping tips clean?

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