Does anybody know about soldering circuit boards

**mustang50lx** · 03-12-2014, 11:14 PM

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** · 03-13-2014, 01:33 PM

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.