soldering equipment advice for small parts
There are two main techniques to hobbyist SMT soldering: hand soldering, and reflow. Hand soldering uses an iron, solder, soldering wick, and sometimes flux. Reflow often involves applying solder paste, which consists of little beads of solder suspended in flux, to the pads of the board, placing the components onto the pads, and then heating the assembly to melt the solder creating a joint.

This is taken from the following; https://www.wayneandlayne.com/smt/