Dave shows another method for hand soldering a surface mount SMD chip with a thermal pad, using both liquid and gel flux.
A method using hot air is here:    • EEVblog #346 - MLF/QFN SMD Reflow Sol...  
Also, drag soldering TSSOP packages is demonstrated.
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