Does Your Hot Solder Drool and Cover Your Copper Wires Like Hot Butter?

Dont use rosin core solder, just put the paste where you want the solder to go,

Sorry disagree. You should have dedicated "for purpose" electrical/ electronics solder in the proper ratio and with proper flux, whether you have additional flux, or not. And you should not use 50/50 on electrical. Kester used to "may still" market what they called 40/60 "radio" solder, which is just exactly what you need

I'm 70, and the first time I ever soldered anything I was about 12 or 13 years old