Anyone have experience using conductive epoxy/gels?
I've been giving it a lot of thought for very fine work (such as soldering wires to a 15-pin DSUB) or for surface mounting.
Here's some samples:
http://www.cir.com/parts/circbord/circbord.htm (http://www.cir.com/parts/circbord/circbord.htm)
The C-A gel interests me most, I think. I'm not sure what it's viscosity is like, but if it's like regular C-A glue, it should flow very nicely into small areas with the help of a sewing needle.
The 2-part Epoxy will surely be stronger, but it also might be thicker.
I'm sure the real solution would be to just become better at soldering - but, I do practice and I do tend to ruin things I work on...so, yeah, it's frustrating.
So, since this is the most knowledgable tech site on the web, figured I'd let you guys give some input.
I've used similar products in the past for repairing things which cannot be soldered. I don't think they'd be a very good alternative to soldering fine stuff generaly - expensive, low mechanical strength, wait for drying, etc.
Practice soldering some more :). For fine stuff use fine solder, not a fine soldering iron tip.
Yeah... I kinda figured.
It's pretty much a given -
If it sounds like a great idea, but I never hear of anyone using it, it's probably not as great as it sounds.
Just thought I'd point out that the quick bond gel doesn't specifically say that it's conductive...