>
>> For 2-sided ICs, putting flux on the bottom of the pins as well as the PCB
>> helps a lot. If you have a wide enough bit, one method is to put solder on
>> all the pads, put flux on the pins, hold the part in place and reflow the
>> whole row down onto the solder.
>
>What are you calling a "2-sided IC"?  Are you refereing to IC's with pins 
>under them, such as PLCC's?

No - 2 rows of pins - SOIC, TSOP, SSOP as opposed to quads - QFP, PLCC etc. 

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