Here's my US$30,000 Infrared Solder rework station. has a nice camera on it to masively magnify the tiniest things and shows it on the 13" CRT on the right of the unit. I can solder ten billion pin IC's with not problem with this sucker and the best of all is that it all looks factory fresh.
Edit: For the post above mine about the flux. Use no clean fluxes that dont use the goopy nasty contaminating resins.
No clean fluxes are alcohol based and leave almost no residue and in my experiances work the best. Also the quality of your solder makes a massive difference in how well your solder joints look. cheap solder looks dull like aluminum and doesnt hold up well to stress. A good solder joint should be slightly shiney and nice and smooth.
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