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    DIY soldering paste

    Since I can't find solder paste in my country and it's too expensive to order online I decided to try and make my own. It looked a bit rough but it worked flawlessly!! I mixed some solder dust with flux paste and soldered some smd capacitors with with a hot air station and it worked almost like the real thing (you might need to heat it up for a while longer to melt it). The only problem is making the dust really fine and you will end up having some large solder chunks in the paste but for someone who can't get their hands on the stuff locally its a good alternative. The ratio at which I mixed the stuff is 4 parts solder dust and 1 part flux paste but you can pretty much go with how much liquidity you need for the stuff. You can also add isopropyl alcohol to make it more liquid.
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