It didn't come with any instructions - do you just dip the heated soldering iron tip in it?

First, before heating, use bronze or steel wool to wipe the crud off the tip. The heat it to working temperature and tin with a little solder. Then clean the tip in a brass or natural sponge. Dip the tip into the tinner briefly. Finally one last tripo to the sponge and you are ready to go. It's tedious but the results are worth the trouble if you take pride in your work.

About how many applications does this size provide?

It's going to depend on wire size or size of item tinning. I'm using 22 to 16 Awg wire and I have tinned some where around 75 to 100 wires and I have 25% remaining

is this just solder or is it like a paste?

It's a densely-packed cake of powder. When you put the hot iron tip into it, it melts around the tip like solder and gets shiny like solder.

I bought this and the "hakko 599b-02 solder tip clean" to clean my pyrography tips. however, neither item came with instructions. can anyone help?

Does a pyrographer need to clean their tips? Don't you just burnish your wood? This stuff, just like the Hakko product, both cleans the tip of a soldering iron and tins it very thinly. This helps greatly in heat transfer and helps to transfer solder when soldering. You, on the other hand, probably don't care for the tin. So you might just want to look for ammonium sulfate, or you could just keep a wet sponge on hand and some of that brass swarf that us solderers like as well.

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🔧 Tinning made easy – because your tools deserve the best!

REVITALIZE YOUR TOOLS - Say goodbye to oxidation and hello to efficiency!
NO CLEAN COMPATIBILITY - Designed for seamless integration with your existing tools.
ECO FRIENDLY INNOVATION - Lead-free and RoHS compliant for a sustainable workspace.
QUICK FIX FOR SOLDERING WOES - Rapidly re-tins even the most oxidized tips in no time.
MINIMAL RESIDUES MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE - Keep your workspace clean while achieving peak performance.

The Thermaltronics TMT-TC-2 Tip Tinner is a 20g, lead-free solution designed to effectively remove tip oxidation and rapidly re-tin soldering iron tips. Its no-clean compatible formulation ensures minimal residues, making it an essential tool for professionals seeking efficiency and sustainability in their soldering tasks.

Reviews

C**N

Keep that tip clean!

If you solder, then you know, keeping the tip clean is essential. This little tin does the bit extra after your coiled brass. Like a little block of soft(ish) concrete, press in the tip, watch it bubble and presto perfectly clean! It’s quite small so get a few. Great product from a reputable company.

19.08.2025

G**D

Tins Well

Good price, tin your soldering tip easily. works great.

30.08.2025

J**O

Flux for soldering gun tips

Received in brand new perfect condition. It’s just flux. Very nice tin and works for me. Fair price too. Definitely wood buy again when needed. I just use it for maintenance of soldering iron tips. Highly recommend. 73 and cheers.

29.08.2025

M**N

Initial impression

It worked sort if. I had a tip on my soldering iron that had turned black. I cleaned it with steel wool and then heated it up andvtinnted the tip. It attached sort of but when I used solder on it again it started coming off with the solder. The amount that you get is kind of small but sufficient to use multiple times. It sort of cleaned the tip but honestly it's just about easier to replace the tip than retina it. The value for my money is ok.

13.06.2025

M**3

I couldn't solder until I used this!

I finally can solder! It turns out I never had the tip of my iron tinned correctly. I had tried various irons over the years and could never solder a decent joint. I didn't realize the importance of a perfectly clean, perfectly tinned iron. After some research I decided to try this tip tinning compound. Works like a charm! Now that my iron is tinned, I have been able to solder wires without burning the insulation off. To keep the iron clean, I just wipe it on a wet sponge during and after use and it is ready for next time! So glad I finally tried this!!!

12.06.2025

M**.

Works great!

This product works! Have this ceramic tip used on a Velleman Soldering station. The ceramic/copper tip has a tinning process done to it. If you remove the factory tinning on the tip when cleaning by using 600 grit sandpaper & a wet sponge. Then wonder why the soldering tip is not working. It's because you've lost the tin coating. This Tip Tinner works great to retin the tip. Once the tinning is removed the tip will not transfer the heat to the point of solder. But if you use this product you can maintain the tip.

30.07.2025

L**U

Good product

31.08.2025

A**N

Great for tinning the tip of your soldering iron.

A very simple way to tin the tip of your soldering iron. 5 stars.

14.07.2025

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