Homebrew PCBs

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.

-- 
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
>