Rules of DIY:
- if it's a skill, there's rules you can learn
- if it's an art, rules are not your concern
- make it fucked up or you won't make it
- if it's already broken, you can't break it
- anything can be fixed with gorilla glue
- except for pleather, and also you
I once tried to repair an old radio - It caught fire because I suck at soldering, so... probably debunked point 4 with that, but otherwise yeah pretty much 🤣
I think the part where you went wrong was rule #1. Soldering is a learnable skill, should have done more research on how to do it right.
kids these days don’t learn soldering at school
Well they don't teach sucking dick either, but if you want to have skills they didn't teach at school, you're gonna have to figure out how to teach yourself.
