@Collin: Just saw your post on Curious Inventor, heh... Great minds...

@Z28: Does it make the solder flow easier when desoldering? One of the video tutorials I watched said helps to get the solder out of the holes. BS?

On sparkfun, at makerfaire last year, I got to take one of their classes on SMD soldering. It was easier than I expected. I pulled up one the traces but they showed me how to fix it. Definitely possible to do for the hobbyist.

Reflow? Yeah, I need to dig my Retromod project back out sometime and finish it. Maybe soon....

On tutorials, heck yeah. The guys at hard forum are about to talk me into buying a desoldering station maybe a contrast comparison tutorial?