I would have to disagree with few things in that article. First, I would use smaller tip, he's using what looks like 1/16", I would use 1/32" or even 1/64". 1/16" is OK, but it's harder when working with TSSOP and smaller. Solder looks like 0.031, which is OK, but 0.02 or even 0.015 would be much better. I would never use wick to remove solder from SMD components, leaves resin and you can easily overheat traces. Flux works wonders for soldering and removal of excess of solder. Oh yeah, use flux when soldering SMD parts. I have extra if anyone needs some (I can spare ~2L, which will last few people forever :) ) Removing chips with a box cutter? That's a recipe for damaging PCB traces. Use heat gun, they are not that expensive.
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