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Old 14-04-2015
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Originally Posted by HOTSHOT III View Post
To be fair the sponge works well enough, I was just very surprised the 1st time I used a brillo pad in the manner I described how much more consistent it was at cleaning the tip over the duration of a long soldering job. You don't have to go and rinse it every few joints and because it's a little bit abrasive it makes it really shiny every time.
It is good if the tip is really grungy but if you wipe and tin every use, you should not need to do this, the wetted sponge will be fine. Brillo also wears the tip much faster.
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