Recommended · for some experience
HowTo: Drag Soldering Demo
Why people recommend it
Short demonstration of drag soldering fine-pitch SMD pins with a bead of solder; answerers recommend it alongside the advice to use plenty of flux.
Watch for: apply extra flux before starting
In their words
A video will do a lot to help explain here:
user39382 on electronics.stackexchange.com, Oct 2016. CC BY-SA.
Here is a video with a good technique for SMD parts.
Houen on electronics.stackexchange.com, Sept 2014. CC BY-SA.
Here's a video of a guy doing it in about 2 seconds :)
Some Hardware Guy on electronics.stackexchange.com, Dec 2014. CC BY-SA.
