I solder the majority of my boards by hand. Giving the joint a good
fluxing and then zip soldering does the trick.
I have used one of those air powered dispensers before. They are good
for some applications but not for fine pitch.
I have also tinned the pads, sat the chip ontop and hit it with a hot
air rework tool. This usually works but can still lead to lots of
bridging. That's why if it's only a few parts I stick with hand
soldering.
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Erik L. Knise
Seattle, WA
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Boman33 <boman33@...> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I already did that but adding 50 % liquid flux to the solder paste I get a very liquid runny mixture that does not stay on the pads. I am hoping to find paste flux and mix it with the solder paste.
>
> What do other people do?
>
> I know I can remove the extra solder afterwards with solder braid but I rather do it correctly in the first place.
>
> Bertho
>