Recommended · for beginners
EEVblog #183 - Soldering Tutorial Part 2
Why people recommend it
Part two of Dave Jones's soldering tutorial covers through-hole technique on plated boards; frequently recommended to beginners alongside parts one and three.
Watch for: tip size relative to the pad
In their words
Dave of EEVblog seems to be using the tip roughly the same size as the pad.
texnic on electronics.stackexchange.com, Mar 2019. CC BY-SA.
Proper soldering technique for PTH boards is shown for example in
got trolled too much this week on electronics.stackexchange.com, Oct 2015. CC BY-SA.