The quality of any work depends on the conditions of its implementation. The presence of a soldering mat greatly simplifies the process, makes it convenient and enjoyable.

Such products appeared on the market relatively recently. It is made from modern high-quality materials that ensure the safety of soldering.

The main requirement for bedding on the desktop is heat resistance, non-slip, and hygiene. There are several types of materials that can provide the necessary conditions. After testing, it turned out that silicone rubber turned out to be the most suitable for soldering.

Silicone refers to organosilicon polymers. They have a combination of properties that have provided the material with immense popularity.

Silicone mat for soldering is characterized by the following advantages:

• resistance to high temperatures;
• convenient density for use;
• lack of surface slip;
• high wear resistance;
• chemical inertness;
• crease resistance;
• the possibility of easy cleaning;
• workable dimensions.

There are several standard sizes of pads for soldering on the desktop. Usually, the thickness is 4mm or 5mm. There are smaller sizes on sale, for example 28x20 cm.

A slightly larger heat-resistant soldering mat with dimensions of 35x25 cm is in demand. Each manufacturer can vary the geometric parameters.

Heat resistance

The response of the mat material to local heating delights users. Manufacturers indicate an allowable temperature of 500 ° C.

Practitioners test heat resistance in their own way. It is reliably known that touching with a hot soldering iron does not leave marks on the coating. At the same time, there is no smoke, smell; foci of smoldering are not formed. The heat-resistant material is not subjected to deformation under the action of a heated soldering iron tip.

Some particularly enthusiastic testers heated the material with an industrial hair dryer, bringing the temperature up to 600 ° C. When soldering, powerful thermal effects are excluded. This is above the maximum value allowed by the manufacturer.

The carpet has withstood this heat. After cooling, no deformations were found in this place, only a bright spot remained. It was easy to wipe off with your fingers.

cleaning

It's nice that the pad does not slip on the surface of the table. The hand of the master is well fixed on the mat, which allows you to concentrate and accurately perform delicate work.

When soldering, contact with work surface drops of solder, flux, molten metals. All this is easily washed off after work with water.

Cleaning should be carried out after the complete completion of work and cooling of all drops. It is advisable to use warm water.

The antistatic mat does not attract dust particles, it is not electrified. Soldering can be done in synthetic or wool clothing. The antistatic layer eliminates the appearance of sparks, crackling and slipping of the sleeves on the surface.

Additional details

Convenient varieties of rug with cells for small parts, screws. The depth of the niches is 3 mm. They are numbered, which makes soldering very easy. On the sides there are cavities for storing parts with large sizes. The depth of these niches is usually 2.5 mm. A ruler with a division scale convenient for visual perception is noticeable along the entire length.

Soldering is a responsible job. A poor-quality connection of one part will make the operation of the equipment as a whole impossible. You should focus on the implementation of the process, not be distracted by the little things.

This can be done with a high-quality soldering mat purchased from responsible suppliers. The purchase must be made after checking the documents from the manufacturer.

There are many fakes on the market that look like appearance. A counterfeit product will not be able to demonstrate the properties required for soldering.

radioblogful. The soldering video blog decided to upgrade the soldering place, the filming micro-studio. Previously, while soldering some kind of appliances, you saw this picture: cheap, cheerful, but not beautiful. Unkillable soldering surface, but I decided to make it prettier. As you can see from the title of the video, this Chinese package contains a rather heavy silicone mat, which turned out to be a handy tool for soldering.
You can buy it in this Chinese store.

I stumbled upon it quite by accident, I wanted to order a mat of a standard size, but I saw a rather interesting picture: in the picture it is a mat with cells in which we put radio components when soldering!
This is beauty! The dimensions of this mega rug are 25 cm by 35 cm. How it looks in comparison with an A4 sheet - in fact, quite a healthy one, not a rug, but a whole Persian carpet! When you assemble something, you solder it, and some screws and bolts are taken and fall to the floor. Thanks to these cells, we put the capacitor and it will not fall anywhere, even if it wants to. Eight small square cells, one large round, the other small round and rectangular - so many cells!
It is convenient when soldering, when assembling all sorts of sets: I packaged all the parts, put them on shelves, in boxes, without worrying that something would roll onto the floor. Pleasure is not cheap - the cost is around $ 13-15. But I decided to strangle the toad and still order. It will be enough for a long time and it will not come into disrepair in a couple of months. Well, let's check how he copes with fluxes, solders and soldering iron blows.

Turn on the soldering iron, t 290 C, take flux 320, rosin and more Chinese flux, as well as solder. Let's try to destroy the carpet. Let's choose the far corner of the rug just in case, which will not fall into the camera lens so often. For starters, just a test - poke with a soldering iron. At first, a white stripe remains from the touch of the soldering iron, but then it disappears - it's normal! Let's try to drop the solder on it - the solder has cooled down, and we can easily remove it, everything is fine! Let's try to drip flux 320 and fry it with relish. What? We also fry the Chinese flux. Well, your favorite rosin - let's drop it on the rug. Let the rosin burn.
Continued from 5 minutes.

Heat Resistant Soldering Mat

Today we're going to take a look at a heat resistant silicone soldering mat, but first don't forget to subscribe to the channel so you don't miss a new video. I purchased this rug for US $3.42. Now delivery has also been added, but you still won’t find cheaper.

The size of this silicone mat 18 by 23 cm, thickness 3 mm. It is very soft and slightly sticky to the touch, but does not leave any marks on the hands. It can be easily rolled into a tube and always fully unfolds. The specifications on the seller's page indicate that the material of this rug can withstand temperatures up to 500 degrees, which we will now check.

For such a test, my Triton building hair dryer is just right. This hair dryer gives us the maximum temperature we need of 500 degrees Celsius.

I will fry at this temperature on a rug with ordinary tin, bought at the market, with the addition of a MECHANIK flux. I expect it all to come together in one ball. I will also add more solder paste mechanic to make it more interesting.

I turn on the hair dryer to the maximum, and I understand that it would be necessary to preheat it. When the flux melted, the tin began to roll on the mat like clockwork. From heating, the mat expands, and the place of heating bulges upwards with a huge bubble, and from a strong flow of hot air, all this stuff rolled down. I had to catch pieces of solder and melt them separately.

Then I again tried to put it all together, but the hair dryer again inflated everything in different directions. Some balls still stuck together, but the flux even burned out from such a temperature. Fortunately, all this garbage is perfectly erased. The rug is not afraid of various solvents and I wiped all this with ordinary alcohol. It conducts heat poorly, but heats up decently. Scrubbing it all with a cotton swab with alcohol was hot. The soldering mat withstood all this and only a small speck remained on it, where there was the largest drop of solder.

Now I want to try a more contact method, with a soldering iron. With a hot soldering iron, I applied some ordinary Chinese rosin to the mat and melted some of the solder. The ball of solder rolled on the surface and did not come off the tip of the soldering iron. FROM reverse side rug, I tried to touch this place with my finger. It was hot, but there was still a long way to go before getting burned. The soldering iron is turned on to the maximum, and after a couple of minutes of operation, the temperature rises already over 450 degrees Celsius.

The rest of the rosin was simply swept away with a cotton swab. If the mat is bent at this point, the rosin will crack and fall off. After this test, there is still a spot in the place of constant heating, but this does not prevent you from using the mat further.

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