Home / Home / Hot air is better, but if you must use an iron: 350–380°C, 2–3mm chisel tip.Home 350-380-c-2-3mm hot air betterHot air is better, but if you must use an iron: 350–380°C, 2–3mm chisel tip.350–380°C with a 2–3mm chisel tip is what I’d use, but honestly, you should be using hot air Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesA hot air rework station is non-negotiable.Don't cheap out on the hot air station.Don’t use a hot air station on soldered RAM unless you’re ready to lose the board.Hot air and flux are non-negotiable.Hot air can work for BGA RAM, but it's a gamble.ExploreHow Bob Ezrin Turned 'The Wall' Into an Opera and Built Its Story With Sound EffectsHow Bob Ezrin Used the Fairlight CMI to Reinforce Nick Mason’s Drums on ‘One Slip’How Bob Ezrin Used the Synclavier to Create the Drum Sound on ‘Signs of Life’ — and Why David Gilmour Hated ItHow Bobby Keys and Jim Price Blew Life Into 'Brown Sugar' and 'Bitch' at Muscle ShoalsHow Bobby Keys' Death Hit Keith Richards: A Brotherhood of Whiskey and SaxPrevious Hot air is the only safe way to remove soldered RAM.Next Hot air can work for BGA RAM, but it's a gamble.