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Daedalus · 17 January 2019, 17:25

Well... It's a special low-temperature, lead-free paste, and it's probably a good one at that... But the simplest for the Amiga is old-fashioned leaded paste. Mixing solders isn't ideal, and the solder already on the board will be leaded. I would go for 63/37 paste.

But honestly, for just one capacitor, you could do it with an iron and solder wire instead and save the cost of the paste. It's easy enough with an iron anyway. Even if you want to use hot air to solder it, you can tin the pads with the iron and some solder wire, then put some flux on the capacitor contacts and put it in place, using the hot air to melt the solder again.

17 January 2019, 17:25	#3
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,348	Well... It's a special low-temperature, lead-free paste, and it's probably a good one at that... But the simplest for the Amiga is old-fashioned leaded paste. Mixing solders isn't ideal, and the solder already on the board will be leaded. I would go for 63/37 paste. But honestly, for just one capacitor, you could do it with an iron and solder wire instead and save the cost of the paste. It's easy enough with an iron anyway. Even if you want to use hot air to solder it, you can tin the pads with the iron and some solder wire, then put some flux on the capacitor contacts and put it in place, using the hot air to melt the solder again.