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this was just my method of soldering since I started again. it proved to be the fastest for method for me.

Add solder to the exposed end of the wire.
add a small amount of solder to the the deans plug end
press the wire to the deans deans plug using the soldering iron the soldering iron.

adding the solder to the plug seperately made it easier for when you go to bond the wire to the plug.

I'm also a big fan of getting a small gauge flux. yes you feed a lot more into it but it heats up quicker and seems to draw less heat overall from the iron.

You are using a process called 'tinning' the joint, and that is perfectly acceptable. One thing to keep in mind is that you tin one side, then the other, and then as you bring the joint together, apply flux or more solder if taking a significant amount of time. The trick is to let the flux do the cleaning to provide a good bond. If you are fast and proficient with the right size iron, you can tin one side, tin the the other, then bring the first into the second part while the flux is still active and flow the parts together.

Apparantly the closest thing to deans solder is sn62.

62% tin, 36% lead and 2% silver

This is the video I watched. Looked good to me...

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Here is an informative post on RCTech.net that I read the first few pages of...prepare for information overload. 28 mostly useless pages of info on soldering, but the first post and couple pages were helpful for me.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/radio-electronics/336870-how-solder-correctly-not-so-brief-lesson.html