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Wew, finally found it.

Does tip tinner like this do shit? My brother got me a PlaySkool soldering station for Xmas, you know that blue and yellow one, and I would like to not destroy the tips the first time I heat them up.

I’m stepping up from a $4 Chicago Electric with no temp control, but I don’t understand the whole tip tinning thing because the solder just balls up at the end when the iron is heated up. Where have I gone wrong?

Also the tips, there’s a million 5pks of tips for like $10 from random brands, or the Japan imports for $25, is there a difference? I’ll gladly buy the $25 tips if I can learn how to make them last.