I think it boils down to what you are doing. I've never used reflow
but plan to some day. There is something attractive about "baking up
a board". :)
I've had no problem with using an iron but have only done soics,
1206s and sot23s.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mdgolfbum" <jim@j...> wrote:
> babada beem!
>
> ok, that was fun.
>
> since most of the discussion here centers around lithography and
> etching it wasn't obvious that smt for newbies was on topic.
>
> so is there a preference for paste vs solder?
>
> do most folks use irons or reflow?
>
> i did find some pages by following the links section that were
> useful.
>
> jtm