Oh Boy, I am the worst solderer in the world!
First off, I always use thin rosen core silver solder. Is this wrong? In looking at the spool of solder in the foregoing pictures, I didn't see any reference to silver on the label.
Second, everyone says, "Just be sure to tin the track and wire first."
Problem is, . . . I just can't tin! I have watched videos of tinning, and people seem to do it with ease. But, whenever I try, the liquid solder forms a round glob on whatever I'm trying to tin, and then just falls off! No solder is left behind.
Should I be using a really fine point solder iron point in my gun, or a wide flat one, or something else?
I occasionally solder lead wires directly to the outsides of the rails. I always clean the rails and even wire with mineral spirits first, and let them thoroughly dry. I always heat up the rail really hot with the iron before trying to solder the wire against the rail.
But, once again, a glob forms, and I try to keep the wire in the glob, but the wire just pops off, and then the glob either cools into a glob or just falls off. Then I start over again, and heat up the glob, but very quickly the rosen in the glob sizzles and is gone, and I am left with a mess.
Thanks for any advice.
Mannyrock
