# Soldering Iron - 60W won't hold tin (TOL-14456) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous\ **Created:** [July 4, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/soldering-iron-60w-wont-hold-tin-tol-14456/39963 "2020-07-04T15:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King43rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@King43rd](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/King43rd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/soldering-iron-60w-wont-hold-tin-tol-14456/39963/1 "2020-07-04T15:32:30Z")
The Soldering Iron - 60W (Adjustable Temperature) won’t hold tin or get hot at tip. It was purchased new as gift with a few other tools that actually work… and I’m not sure what to do. Can you please help? ---
**Author:** ![jremington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/jremington/32/6595_2.png) [@jremington](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/jremington)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/soldering-iron-60w-wont-hold-tin-tol-14456/39963/2 "2020-07-04T23:07:31Z")
Open a customer support request. ---
**Author:** ![TS-Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TS-Brandon](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Brandon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/soldering-iron-60w-wont-hold-tin-tol-14456/39963/3 "2020-07-06T16:20:17Z")
The iron tip may need cleaning. Consider using the products below: [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13246](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13246) [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8964](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8964) However, if it’s not getting hot at the tip then there could be a physical issue with the product. I would first suggest trying to clean it, then if that doesn’t work you can file a support ticket at [https://sparkfun.com/support](https://sparkfun.com/support)