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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: hot air soldering comments

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alexandre_Guimar=E3es?= <alexg@...>
Date: 2002-05-07

Hi,

> What do you do about the tiny cap components blowing away, even under
> very minimal air flow? I've read a tiny dab of epoxy. What do others
> do?

I prefer solder flux and soldering by hand but if you really want to use
hot air you can use loctite 454 gel cyanoacrylate. It works nicely because
the amount applied is very small.

Best regards,
Alexandre Guimaraes