Re: gEDA-user: Surface mounted circuits in hobby projects

[Dimitri Princen <dprincen@xxxxxxxxx>]

What I usually do is apply additional solder to the pads to give it
some extra thermal mass. Set the temperature of your solder iron at
400-450 degrees Celsius, heat one pad, then quickly proceed to the
other, and swipe the resistor/capacitor of its pads. Usually, thanks
to the surface tension of the solder, the component sticks to the
iron, and you can dispose of it. Use solder wick to clean up the pads
afterwards.

Regards,
Dimitri

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:03 PM, John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>
>> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Csanyi Pal
>>> <csanyipal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> One more question.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to desolder a SMD component, a capacitor with solder remover
>>>> wick (copper braid), and it's very hard to do it.
>>>
>>> How big a cap?
>>
>> 1206s
>
> You should be able to sheer those off. Sometimes
> I wick all the solder off of both sides, lay the iron tip across
> both ends of the cap and use an X-acto knife to pry the part
> after it heats.
>
> (* jcl *)
>
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