We have an IR thermometer at work, but sometimes I feel like the results aren't completely accurate due to the beam width (especially on small components) or material emissivity.
Another way I've tried is to use a thermocouple temperature sensor from my DMM, but unless I put thermal paste, it wasn't accurate and. Using thermal paste was super messy, and it was hard to keep the thermocouple in place.
Are there any other methods or tricks for accurately and easily measuring temperature of individual components on PCBs?