[sdiy] solder for SMD

[John Luciani]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:38 PM, rdrake <rdrake at data2action.com> wrote:
> i'm finally gonna dip my toe in the shallow end of the surface mount pool (1206 SMD bypass caps on some ken stone boards).  they're still pretty chunky and seem easy enough to just hold in place w/ a toothpick while i solder... but what kind of solder?  i have rosin core, no-clean, and water clean on hand...

1206s should not be a problem. 0805s are not bad either.

For solder I use Kester 24-6337-6422 which is
15mil diameter solder, SN63PB37, water soluble flux.

I use a water-soluble flux pen, Kester 2331-ZX.

My other SMD "hints" are at ---

http://www.luciani.org/getting-it-done/assembly-hints/assembly-hints-index.html#smd-hints

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