having trouble soldering

[slampen08]

i have all the stuff a 15w and 30w iron

i cant tin the soldering tip without blobs of solder on the tip
i cant tin wires
i cant solder

please can i have some advice ive tried following millions of tutorials

cheers
Post Merge: October 26, 2009, 10:12:56 AMi cant even tie a knot in the dam wire or strip it
Post Merge: October 26, 2009, 11:12:57 AMproglem soter thanks to fatboy

[Blazinkaos]

Just keep practicing man steady ur hands us fluz when tinning wire and the iron.

[zeblon123]

before doing something like a psp, i would suggest buying some pc board and wire and just practice on that, That's what i did at first.

[slampen08]

thanks to fatboy i've managed to solder 4 0603 leds woo hoo! all tested and working  im happy now lol

[Blazinkaos]

Yea the very thign i ever soldered well i built a solar car when i was 13 years old and that was 8 years ago. But then i practiced on circuit boards from like old electronic stuff.

[FaT3oYCG]

if you know how to do it properly it isnt hard, it just requires discipline to wait until you have ecerything ste up perfectly before just sticking some solder on and messing everything up :P.

[slampen08]

if you know how to do it properly it isnt hard, it just requires discipline to wait until you have ecerything ste up perfectly before just sticking some solder on and messing everything up :P.

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