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Originally Posted by MattK
Soldering is one of those things that the more you do it the better you get.
My personal tip is clean the tip during use (damp sponge), a good hot iron with tip well covered in solder when going in to do the joint. Tin the wires well before soldering, hold wires with pliers.
What you don't want is a dry joint (where you don't have enough solder in the joint) this will be visable by being able to see the strands of the wires, what you want to see is a nice smooth finish on the joint.
Hope the above helps.
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Originally Posted by StwBald
I use a Portasol Super Pro, it's a gas soldering iron which comes in handy when you have no leccy. You can also get different size tips.
Tips on soldering: Tip both wire and connector first with good quality solder, place wire onto connector apply clean tipped iron job done, oh remember heat shrink before you attach the two together if needed. Job done.
Hope this helps..
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Thanks very much for the input guys. I will check out the Portasol SP and bear your advice in mind when I start soldering
