SideNote: This probably needs to be moved to the Repair Forum.
I have used just about everthing to desolder: wicks, rubber ball desoldering irons, soldapullits (sp?) and a hybrid desoldering iron with a soldapullit grafted onto it. I now use a BlackJack BK4000 desoldering station. This is a desktop vacuum pump type desoldering tool. There is no comparison. These win hands down. The tip is temperature controlled so it is much less likely to lift the traces and solder pads. It melts the solder and removes it so much better than the the solder suckers. I can pull a chip in seconds with one hand versus minutes doing the melt and suck dance that takes both hands.
They are a little more expensive than the plastic solder suckers, but the ease and time savings make these a no brainer recommendation. Save yourself all the pain, suffering and wasted money and buy one from the start.
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