hand-soldering teeny tiny chips!

Step 2 Tin the pins (and maybe the pads)

Turn the chip upside-down, and melt a little dab of solder onto each of the pins. You can do the same for the board too, if you want. Make sure you heat the metal of the pad enough to melt the solder itself, rather than melting the solder with the tip of the iron directly. After you tin all of the pads, use a flux pen to put some flux onto the board where the chip will attach.