Soldering LED strips together

The longest strand of lights I could get were 100’ so we have to put a few together. Here’s how I do it

[pvsmurf]

Long form content from Derrick. It's gonna be a good day

[dyavie]

Awesome can't wait to watch, was just thinking about learning how to solder so I can eventually learn how to micro solder

[marilima]

Be careful Not to breathe in the smoke cause it's Lead. Use a little fan from a computer to blow it out of your way! Stay Safe and Keep making GREAT VIDEOS!

[tcs]

As someone who has been soldering for 40 years, my only critique is you're working it a bit too much. Heat up the solder just long enough to melt it and let it go. If you keep working it, you can damage the copper traces or, as you did, accidentally bridge two points because you heat up the surrounding area. Solder wants to flow to heat. You can actually see this with wire if you heat up a short length of it away from the tip, then touch the solder at the very tip of the heated wire. The solder will travel up the wire to the iron. I'm also seeing you could benefit from some solder wick. Which uses this exact principle to remove solder from a joint.

[amywright]

Could you link the machine you used? Very cool!

[Babs-Veterans-are-Family]

I just watched a video yesterday a gal used LED lights for a 6x8 shadow box said to trash the rest no way to use the rest. I hate wasting money like that. Spend 10 bucks on lights use a bucks worth.