On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Bob Blick <bobblick@ftml.net> wrote:

> For IC's, rather than applying paste to the board, apply it to the part.
> Put some paste on a mirror and spead it with a credit card until you get
> a thin film of it, then scrape the legs of one side of the IC on that
> film until you get enough paste on the legs, then repeat for the other
> legs. You can tolerate a small amount of paste bridging the leads,
> unless you use way too much solder you won't get hard shorts but you
> will get stray balls of solder all over the place.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob

Bob, thanks for the tip I will try this the next time I'm soldering a
many-pin part. I wonder if I could get this to work for a QFN?

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Martin K.
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