How To Make Soldering Paste At Home

At least most of the times Place components.

How to make soldering paste at home. You dont need to be precise. Clean the metal sheet and cut it into small pieces. You want to melt the solder into a nice big blob.

Solder circuit boards is corrosive and can not be used to sold electronic components and printed circuit boards. After soldering the residual solder pasteoil should be cleaned up. Flux is a wonderful goo that makes soldering faster and easier.

In previous videos we compared different types of commercial flux but did you know its possible to make a simple and effective flux at home. ToothpasteVaseline home made thermal paste. Also you dont have to have a big glop of solder paste.

As mentioned before solder paste should have the right consistency as well as the right temperature to secure the performance of the PCB. I just squirt a blob from a small syringe of paste bought mine from Chipquik with the needle removed mash it around a bit with the spatula to spread it out and then the spatula across the holes making sure they all get filled. Add approximately 250 ml 1 cup of water to the ingredients in the pan.

Remove the existing square and draw your own pattern. Start the process by applying flux to the pads to make sure they are clean and will get heated properly. You dont need to be too precise with applying the solder paste.

Put these small piece into lemon juice. Well get you started and dont miss the giveaway at the end of the video. Place the tip of the soldering iron onto each of the pads so that the solder melts and makes good.