Torrid time with syringes & solder paste.

peskywinnets:

  1. If the paste is in a syringes, I’d have thought it’s fairly ‘air’ tight (bar the tiny bit exposed at the nozzle)…so how come it’s going off so quick.

I always take the tip off mine when I’m done, clean it out, and put the cap back on the end of the syringe (my original syringe of solder paste came with a cap). I’m using tips from zeph.com. As soon as I settle on a tip that I’m happy with (I bought the assortment), I’ll probably just order a bulk pack and start throwing them away when I’m done.

I’m also using one of those chinese pneumatic dispensers. Seems like a pretty good bargain for all that it does.