[sdiy] SMD experiences

[Dave Manley]

In my experience there's no need for liquid flux on anything except for ICs,
and there it is absolutely required for drag-soldering.

Often solder bridges can be cleared with the clean tip of the iron, drawing the
solder down towards the pads and then outwards, but Matthew is correct, solder 
braid is another essential.

-Dave


 On Fri 11/09/09  1:37 PM , "Matthew Smith" matt at smiffytech.com sent:
> Quoth dan snazelle at 10/09/11 00:06...
> ...
> > how do you use the flux with SMT? 
> 
> I use a no-clean flux pen. Electrolube SMF12P. Works just like an 
> ordinary marker pen.
> 
> You can go over all the pads on a board with this, leave it to dry, and
> be ready to go later.
> 
> One thing to note regarding drag-soldering is that to remove any solder
> bridges between pins, I first use the flux pen on my desolder braid - 
> works like a charm. (And I can always tell if I reach an un-fluxed part
> of the braid, because it takes a LOT more heating time.)
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Smith
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