Does anybody know about soldering circuit boards

[mustang50lx]

Does anybody know about soldering circuit boards or more de-soldering. I need to replace some capacitors. I can't seem to de-solder components. I have an old radio I am practicing on. I tried a solder sucker. That thing doesn't seem to work well at all on small globs of solder. I also have de-soldering braid, which seems to work, but not good enough. If I use the braid it looks like all the solder comes out, but there is still a little left and the component won't release. I really don't want to send this board out to get fixed over a 50 cent capacitor.

[CollinsPC]

Put the board in a vice, heat each side while pulling with a pair of needle nose pliers. Should pull out as soon as the solder melts all the way through. The solder sucker will remove 90% then it is alot easier to heat and pull the component. Practice, practice, practice makes it fairly easy to pull components.

[Hawkeye]

Quick tip....add some fresh solder to the bead first to get it flowing, then use the braid or sucker to remove.

[Terminated]

Both good tips ^^

[unit5alive]

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[mustang50lx]

Thats what I do all day ! , how far away are you from latrobe?

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