Yeah, but that's a REALLY easy case, those pads are huge
Interesting conical soldering tip. I came to the same conclusion.
I've never seen viscus no clean flux, I like this.
I either use liquid no clean which is "okay" or Highly Active Acidic flux which works beautify but I think it will give me cancer in 20yrs and repeated use is bad for monolithic traces.
I use only Authentic Hakko soldering gear, agree, Ayoue is crap.
Copper wire, I typically use 40AWG Magnet wire with a polymer coating (melts at 355 Celsius), it has a copper core, not sure if that's what you use. Tinning is a pain, its very strong while being very weak if handled improperly with a tweezer.
I use Flux Off, I think it works better than alcohol.
Any tips for steadying your hand? I place the wire near the end of the tweezer, touch the tweezer to the PCB then slide the iron down the tweezer pushing the wire to the pad.
Other tips:
Be patient, repeated attempts can damage the via or rip traces from the PCB..
Tin wires under a microscope and use an Xacto knife to cut them short so there is little excess wire to cause right angles or short.
Don't use solder wick aggressively, it can tear pads if it cools down.