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<blockquote data-quote="Lasherž" data-source="post: 8705685" data-attributes="member: 679555">Cheap soldering kits will get you through the job and there&#039;s a million great videos about electrical soldering. Some things to keep in mind from someone who&#039;s been doing it a while..Don&#039;t use solder without a rosin flux core and the thinner the solder wire the better. It doesn&#039;t add to cost much and the thinner gives you way more control over how much you add.Don&#039;t invest in tools that **** the solder up unless you&#039;re doing through-hole components, just use solder wick if you want to get rid of it.If you want to do it regularly (not just once) I&#039;d recommend a cheap Yihua soldering station or similar. They&#039;re Hakko clones from China, but compared to a plug-in basic Walmart model it&#039;s the bee&#039;s knees. Having temperature adjustments and a ceramic heating element is a lot cheaper than it used to be. You can upgrade one of those stations with a Hakko tip for much better performance as well. I&#039;d recommend a chisel tip more so than the pointier ones, you get better heat transfer.Most importantly, heat the thing you&#039;re soldering, not the solder. Solder will &quot;wick&quot; to where the heat is, but if you try and use the iron to melt it you&#039;ll get cold joints with piss-poor electrical conductivity and structure.Edit: lol that word was censored. Don&#039;t invest in tools that form a vacuum to pull solder up into them?...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lasherž, post: 8705685, member: 679555"] Cheap soldering kits will get you through the job and there's a million great videos about electrical soldering. Some things to keep in mind from someone who's been doing it a while.. Don't use solder without a rosin flux core and the thinner the solder wire the better. It doesn't add to cost much and the thinner gives you way more control over how much you add. Don't invest in tools that **** the solder up unless you're doing through-hole components, just use solder wick if you want to get rid of it. If you want to do it regularly (not just once) I'd recommend a cheap Yihua soldering station or similar. They're Hakko clones from China, but compared to a plug-in basic Walmart model it's the bee's knees. Having temperature adjustments and a ceramic heating element is a lot cheaper than it used to be. You can upgrade one of those stations with a Hakko tip for much better performance as well. I'd recommend a chisel tip more so than the pointier ones, you get better heat transfer. Most importantly, heat the thing you're soldering, not the solder. Solder will "wick" to where the heat is, but if you try and use the iron to melt it you'll get cold joints with piss-poor electrical conductivity and structure. Edit: lol that word was censored. Don't invest in tools that form a vacuum to pull solder up into them?... [/QUOTE]

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