I repaired a small board today, and it was terrible.
I used too much flux and it was a mess to clean.
I damaged/ripped off two pads, there were 10 in total.
I've tested it with a multi meter and it looks like the pins have good continuity, but the two damaged ones don't look like they should work, it's bad.
Could the reason i suck at this be due to a cheap iron? It was 2 3.5mm audio Jack's.
How did I screw this up? I've noticed with my iron sometimes I have to turn up the temperature for no apparent reason, it just quits melting solder, then I don't turn it back down so I'm likely always running hot.
I used too much flux and it was a mess to clean.
I damaged/ripped off two pads, there were 10 in total.
I've tested it with a multi meter and it looks like the pins have good continuity, but the two damaged ones don't look like they should work, it's bad.
Could the reason i suck at this be due to a cheap iron? It was 2 3.5mm audio Jack's.
How did I screw this up? I've noticed with my iron sometimes I have to turn up the temperature for no apparent reason, it just quits melting solder, then I don't turn it back down so I'm likely always running hot.