Are there any tricks I haven't tried?
I'm speaking of the ones with the leads bent towards themselves, almost like a staple looks. Though I use a desolder pump (handheld PE metal style) and desolder wick with extra flux, I'm still finding it difficult to remove the last bits of solder holding the bent leads to the pads, Thus, when I think I've done enough (trying to not overheat the pad and cause problems) there's still a tiny bit of solder holding the lead to it, and as I try to wiggle the component side lead (while heating) the pads are getting torn/lifted sometimes. It's only a couple it's happened to, but a couple more than I want to have happen to.
I've got scads of quality resistors I want to use during refurbs, but I've stopped as it's not worth the risk of lifting old pads.
I have no problems desoldering other components as long as the leads aren't tightly bent like the resistors seem to be.
Anything I'm not doing, or just give it more time and more wick?
I'm speaking of the ones with the leads bent towards themselves, almost like a staple looks. Though I use a desolder pump (handheld PE metal style) and desolder wick with extra flux, I'm still finding it difficult to remove the last bits of solder holding the bent leads to the pads, Thus, when I think I've done enough (trying to not overheat the pad and cause problems) there's still a tiny bit of solder holding the lead to it, and as I try to wiggle the component side lead (while heating) the pads are getting torn/lifted sometimes. It's only a couple it's happened to, but a couple more than I want to have happen to.
I've got scads of quality resistors I want to use during refurbs, but I've stopped as it's not worth the risk of lifting old pads.
I have no problems desoldering other components as long as the leads aren't tightly bent like the resistors seem to be.
Anything I'm not doing, or just give it more time and more wick?