The buss bars are what you should be soldering to (thick copper strips that are down the sides of the heat tape).
I usually use me soldering iron to remove the plastic off of it.
Tinning is building up a little solder on your iron, I also do it on the buss bars and wire.
Then its just a matter of combining together without overheating your tape and melting the plastic off of the other side.
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