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Jared, Others have more expertise, but the things I found helpful when I asked similar questions awhile back: 1. Clean parts (whatever you are soldering, e.g. track and wire) 2. Good mechanical connection (ie, two parts close together, intertwined, etc.) 3. Rosin core (not acid) solder of a fairly thin diameter 4. Tin wire and tip of iron in advance. 5. Use flux paste. 6. Use tip on iron suitable for job (e.g. small chisel tip for feeder wires on track). 7. Use hot, but not too large an iron, e.g. I use 35 watt for feeder wire to track. 8. Consider solder station (you can control heat, have a place to set the iron while not in use, and have something to clean the tip, e.g. wet sponge). I am sure there are more things that I have forgotten, but these got me past solder feeder wires to the track on the new HO layout my grandson and I are building. Now I wonder why I was so worried. Good luck. John Austin, Texas
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