How to Solder Tiny components?

[mariushm]

Yeah, it sounds good to me. Looks like a very good product for a beginner/amateur, easy to apply, doesn't need to be cleaned after use, it's all good.

[spwath]

My flux should arive tomorow. Hoever, I have finished all non SMD components.

Pretty...

[lone]

On 13/08/2016 at 7:12 PM, mariushm said:

@spwath  Flux pens are OK but expensive, considering the amount of flux they have inside. You get about 10ml for something like 5$ when you can get a 250ml - 500 ml bottles (or even more)  starting from around $50

 

Same websites I linked to above have flux pens from reputable brands, just browse the categories system, they're good stores and you can trust them.

 

digikey : http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/soldering-desoldering-rework-products/flux-flux-remover/1311241

newark : http://www.newark.com/solder-flux

mouser : http://eu.mouser.com/Tools-Supplies/Soldering/Soldering-Flux/_/N-b11wf/

 

You'd be better off with a flux bottle, if you do a lot of soldering but i can understand if you're not willing to spend so much.

 

In Europe there's TME.eu which sells no-clean or rosin based flux from a Polish manufacturer, which sells flux in bottles of all kind of sizes, from 10ml , 50ml, 100ml, 250ml , 500ml .. and it's cheap and good quality : http://www.tme.eu/en/katalog/#id_category=100484&page=1&s_field=artykul&s_order=ASC

Filter by AG Termopasty if you're interested, that's the Polish manufacturer.

 

And all i can recommend is stay away from water soluble / water based fluxes, they're more trouble than they're worth and they're hard to clean from boards. No-clean fluxes, rosin based, mildly active (rma) or ra (rosin activated) fluxes  these are all great types of flux and most of these don't require cleaning and if they do it's as easy as just wiping the surface with isopropyl alcohol or some other solvent (sanitary alcohol, other solvents safe for electronics).

 

 

 

You probably only need that much flux if you're running a board repair shop. Flux pens are easier to use, especially when soldering SMD ICs, which you'll probably do a decent amount of if you're already soldering components like SMD caps.