Surface mount soldering practice.

 Last night I was practicing surface mount soldering of fine pitch chips. I learned quite a bit, got some experience, and managed to not kill anything (that I could see.) The things that I can pass on are: Flux! Clean well tinned tip, and knowing that you will create solder bridges, and knowing how to remove them. (Clean tip and lots of flux with a downward motion.) Don't try to use de-solder braid with anything this small.