Thanks Humberto.

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Thanks Moshe. That is very true and one of the drawbacks of being a hobbyist. Making mistakes is one way of doing a job enough to learn more. lol
My microscope is an AmScope 3.5X-180X Trinocular Stereo Microscope with 144-LED Ring Light and 3MP Camera. It is pretty good, but when you use the camera it blocks the left eyepiece. I didn't know much about scopes when I bought it or I would have paid a little more and got one that is a true Trinocular. But it does the job ok.

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I also used a press to help seal the tape better this second time. According to the information that I've found, you can stack about 5 heavy books on top of the tablet or phone to use as a press to help bond the sticky-tape. There are press's available that also use heat that claim to bond the sticky-tape in minutes.
I used my press that I bought for making leather/Kydex sheaths and holsters. It is made of 1/4 inch plate steel with heat resistant foam pads, but no heat.
I just checked the tablet and it's getting loose at the corners a little bit. So here in the next few days, I'll reapply the tape for the third time using the prep that came in the mail today. Then I will put it in my press for a few hours and see how that does.
I might change my mind and just trash this 3M tape and go with something else because I cleaned the surfaces spotless and I'm thinking now that the problem is with the tape itself.

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Now that was one fine article & repair job you did!

As a hobbyist one lives & learns a lot, but don't get to do the same type of repair often enough for it to become 2nd nature.
As a matter of curiosity, what microscope is that in your photo?

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It seems like there are many different kinds of low melt solder out now. Competition always helps to bring the price down. Soon it will cheap enough that everybody will be using it because it makes the job of removing IC's and connectors so much easier and cleaner with less heat transferred to the motherboards.

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Thanks Anthony. I'm more skilled now than before I made that repair for sure. I also had to redo the digitizer. I didn't know to use primer before applying the tape for the digitizer. My primer will get here next week in case the tape doesn't hold this time.

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Cheers and Kind Regards

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Thanks Suranga. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

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I never heard about Fast-chip. In the article I read about Rose's metal and about Virgin-Ammaloy or something similar. Rose's metal was sold on eBay but it was sold out now. But I read that it was made in the USA and send from France?

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