Tinning Wires – Basic Notes and Information
What is Tinning? Tinning is a procedure that helps prepare a wire or connection for final soldering. A wire is usually tinned to keep all the strands together, and a connector lead is tinned to allow the wire to easily solder to it. Tinning helps to create a smoother, more reliable, and professional soldering process.
How to Tin Larger Gauge Wires – Video Clip!
Tinning makes for a cleaner, smoother soldering process. See Notes / Example below.
The images above show an example of larger wires being Tinned. Smaller gauge wires are more delicate than larger types and caution must be used in order not to “melt” the wires (jackets).
