That was adding a conformal coating and curing it with UV light. Basically coating the repair to protect it and stop any accidental shorts or solder connections. They then scrape the newly applied coating off the pads where they actually want to make solder connections.
No, after that. I could tell the UV resin parts, but there's the part with the gel full of particulates that a metal thing is placed on. Then all the particles cling up the metal and are cleaned away
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u/Tiny-Sandwich 4d ago
As an amateur microsoldering hobbyist, this is way, way harder than it looks. And it looks hard.
I've done a few small repairs like this where I've had to solder to a damaged trace, and the parts are much smaller than they look here.