b5111987 Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 i have just started wireing up my guitar and am having a hard time grounding the pots i cannot get the solder to stick to the back of the pots any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 (edited) Rub the area on the pot to be soldered with sandpaper. "Tin" the ends of your wires beforehand. ie. heat the end of the wire and apply solder so it whickers in throughout the strands. I like to use lots of solder for pots. Hold the "tinned" wire firmly on the pot's surface with the soldering iron in one hand and needle nosed pliers, off to the side, in the other hand until the solder melts and spreads out a bit. Remove the soldering iron but keep applying pressure with the pliers until the solder sets. Edited July 16, 2005 by Southpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5111987 Posted July 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Rub the area on the pot to be soldered with sandpaper. "Tin" the ends of your wires beforehand. ie. heat the end of the wire and apply solder so it whickers in throughout the strands. I like to use lots of solder for pots. Hold the "tinned" wire firmly on the pot's surface with the soldering iron in one hand and needle nosed pliers, off to the side, in the other hand until the solder melts and spreads out a bit. Remove the soldering iron but keep applying pressure with the pliers until the solder sets. ← thanks i thought you had to do something like that but wasnt sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 yeah,just give it a surface to stick to,i used a small craft knife,and just made a star shape, have u fixed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5111987 Posted July 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 yeah,just give it a surface to stick to,i used a small craft knife,and just made a star shape, have u fixed it? ← yeh i roughed it up woth sandpaper then i i got a craft knife and made diagonal lines accross it aswell and it worked fine i had to do it on the side of the pot though cause its two pots in one but on the top there not really any metal so i did it on the side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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