“Really good paste, I used it with a stencil and a toaster reflow oven set with a profile to go up to around 180 Degrees. Everything reflowed perfectly on a Raspberry Pi CM4 board I designed.
The only slight downside I would say is that compared to a pot you can't put unused paste back in it, but apart from that it's good.”
“Overall: Very pleased. I do recommend this.
Minor nuisance points:
1) The cap is difficult to remove because it clips on and off instead of screwing. Simply trying to pull the cap off did not work for me as it just slipped between my fingers. I finally found a technique which involves twisting, pulling and bending slightly to one side all at the same time, but still not very easy.
2) The first couple of millimetres squeezed out of the tube were mostly flux. Best to make sure that the mixture coming out of the tube is good before starting to use on actual circuitry.
Big Positive:
The product works as expected. Any problems I had beyond the two mentioned above were entirely due to this being my first attempt at working with surface mount. The low melting point was very helpful for the repair I was doing.”
“It works.
Couldn't get a DIP of a chip i needed so got some SOTs and adapter boards.
Blew some hot air gun on it and wabam. I bet it would work with a hair dryer or in the oven. Maybe even with holding soldering iron close enough.
Glad i got it. But is this a gateway drug into the hope pick and place machine i suddently started dreaming about?”
“Great paste for SMD prototyping on hotplates and such. I used the Pinecil and it’s Hammerhead attachment, which works great while still being very budget friendly. Soldered 0603 and 0.4mm pitch QFN with no issues, though it’s a bit messy, isopropyl alcohol recommended.”
“Works as expected, it makes SMD assembily with a hot plate really easy.
One thing to watch out for is not getting it mixed up with anything that has lead on it.
Mixing this with lead can cause joints to fail, so best practice it to use lead-free components, solder, PCBs and ideally a soldering iron that isn't used for leaded parts.”
