/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2001879
Yeah, I am realising that now, I don't plan to solder that much and it's all THT on perfboards, but those cheap pieces of shit can't even deal with suck a basic job.
>>2001880
>Post iron/station
Pic related is my "soldering iron", it's the cheapest kind from aliexpress.
Tried to solder a DIP-40 socket to perfboard today, starting with brand new fresh tip. As soon as iron got hot i tinned it and started soldering. After 8 holes the solder wouldn't stick anymore. Tried cleaning it with colophony and wet sponge. I wasn't able to make the solder stick anymore, so I decided to start with another new tip.
Also I noticed than my colophony is past its expiration date, i don't think it would be of any issue but I tried that another tip without using colophony at all, only sponge. Same thing, I could wipe the tip to see the silver surface but solder still wouldn't stick. I have also another tip which literally melted and bended itself during soldering. You can see the tips in the pic, the tips have turned black and the rest of them have turned to light blue.
It's either a complete garbage, or I am a retard who is doing something wrong.