Desoldering 101

  • Apply flux
  • Tin tip with a little extra
  • Get it molten & flowing; move tip around to prevent it from solidfiying
    • Solder sucker - get a few of these since they tend to malfunction only when you need one
    • Wick/braid - angle it, spread it, wick it away

Solder station

Wick

Solder sucker

Rework station?

What I use

  • Wick, and lots of it
  • Solder sucker (have a spare on hand since these do wear out…)