One thing I forgot.....once the iron gets good and hot it helps a lot if you melt some solder onto the metal tip of the soldering gun. The melted solder greatly helps transfer heat to the wires because liquid transfers heat faster/easier than solid metal. I have found that using this method helps tremendously to heat up the wires. Once you see the solder running from the soldering tip to the wires you just keep adding more solder where the tip is touching the wires. The solder should wick its' way throughout all the wires once they are hot.
PS - I hate it when the solder gets stuck in my teeth!!!! Treblig
