Homebrew PCBs

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