I have all the tools of the trade including a high end Pace soldering station. Even with the tools and decades of experience I still find that occasional tab that refuses to clear of sollder. Ran into several pads on my KX1 while installing the upgrade that refused to clear and gave all the signs of pulling away from the pc board. On a chance I had nothing to loose I used my fine iron tip (aprox 0.03") and a can of 'Dust Off' compressed gas, used to dust computer keyboards. Heated the problem pads and they came clean when I gave the pad a shot of gas. The down side of this procedure is the solder is blown out the opposite side and you must inspect the board and remove any solder splatter. I use the long plastic tube that usually comes with the compressed gas to direct the spray right at the problem pad while heating the pad at the same time. Hope this saves someone the trouble of reworking damaged pc board traces.
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