New to electronics and soldering some help and advice please?

[ShadyK]

Stick with name brands - Chemtronics Soder-wick is the gold standard.

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MG Chemicals and Techspray also make good quality wick.

Kester, AIM (American Iron & Metal), and Multicore (Henkel) make great solder wire & flux.

MG Chemicals makes good chemicals such as flux, but also offer other things should you need it (etchant, plating products ... types of stuff).

Thank you again nanofrog really aplriciate the help  

[rolycat]

That soldering station (I'm guessing you mean the A55KJ) is also an Atten - the AT938D, rebadged for Maplin. For a cheap station it doesn't look too bad, and tips and other spares will be easy to come by.

Be careful with the soldering wick - cheap stuff can be worse than useless. Stick with name brands - Chemtronics Soder-wick is the gold standard, but Spirig 3s-wick is also pretty good.

Yeh it does look kind of ok for a begginer its got Pretty good reviews on amazon.  I might hit that for a bit and see what happens the tips are pretty easy to come by because of the shop pretty big brand. With it been a 60w will it be ok to use on mobile phones and tablets?

It should be if it has decent regulation - 60W is just the maximum heat it can put into a demanding joint; with a fine tip it won't draw anywhere near that once it's up to temperature.

An unregulated 60W iron would be a disaster for fine work, of course.

If you find the iron is damaging circuitry it may be better to bite the bullet and get a really good second hand station like the JBC that nanofrog suggested. Metcal also make excellent units which can often be found on eBay at reasonable prices.

[ShadyK]

That soldering station (I'm guessing you mean the A55KJ) is also an Atten - the AT938D, rebadged for Maplin. For a cheap station it doesn't look too bad, and tips and other spares will be easy to come by.

Be careful with the soldering wick - cheap stuff can be worse than useless. Stick with name brands - Chemtronics Soder-wick is the gold standard, but Spirig 3s-wick is also pretty good.

Yeh it does look kind of ok for a begginer its got Pretty good reviews on amazon.  I might hit that for a bit and see what happens the tips are pretty easy to come by because of the shop pretty big brand. With it been a 60w will it be ok to use on mobile phones and tablets?

It should be if it has decent regulation - 60W is just the maximum heat it can put into a demanding joint; with a fine tip it won't draw anywhere near that once it's up to temperature.

An unregulated 60W iron would be a disaster for fine work, of course.

If you find the iron is damaging circuitry it may be better to bite the bullet and get a really good second hand station like the JBC that nanofrog suggested. Metcal also make excellent units which can often be found on eBay at reasonable prices.

I have not tryed it yet i dont think it will it should be fine as you said it will not pu that much when its up to temp and with a 0.8 mm till it should be fine. Xx

[nanofrog]

Could you put a link in for me for the best wick and flux to use on a mobile phone please? Thank you

Just get good quality brands, and in the case of wick, the appropriate size for the joints.

For wick, I'd go with Chemtronics if you can get it. Flux from any of the companies I listed would work.

Personally, I prefer liquid over a pen (more economical than pens; needle bottle or small brush gives you fine control of how much & where). Unfortunately, small quantities of it are harder to find, so MG Chemicals would be your best bet if you go this route (100ml bottles; others, such as Kester 1 gal & larger containers). Pens are much easier and more common to find. Circuit specialists sell refillable pens, so that might be an alternative as well (not sure who manufactures their flux though).

As per type, go with either rosin or no-clean, but I'd recommend avoiding water soluble flux, as it must be cleaned off quickly (or it will corrode your joints within 24 hrs or so).

Thank you again nanofrog really aplriciate the help

You're welcome. 

[ShadyK]

Cheers guys. Really appriciate the help. Going to get it today And then hopefully it will be ok. Thank alot guys cheers.