Why not just use a heat gun?

That's how I do it

@@tacticalguy6473 a heat gun can do more damage, and may cause components you don't want to desolder to fall off while desoldering, like nearby through hole components or even surface mount components on the other side, or shift surface mount components on the upper side

Nice

I’d use hakko fr301 and bam it’s done

Me too. These are the things people forget to teach.

Or Field's metal if you need no lead solution

I have bought some Rose's Metal pellets very cheaply, they too work.

@@SianaGearz Cheers! 👍 Good find, I'll give it a go. Thanks. "Alloy Rose 400g Synonym: BI036100 Applications: low-melting solder, low-temperature casting metal. Composition: 50% bismuth, 25% lead, 25% tin Melting point is 93-94°C"

get a heated desoldering pump, they are dirt cheap. also add regular solder to the joints

I plan on purchasing ZD211 when I get around to, it's only around 10€ from all the usual reputable suppliers. It is manual but integrated desoldering iron. It's said to not be very durable or long lasting though, but for occasional use it's probably ok, just don't be inclined to clean the reservoir too often and disassemble extra carefully. I imagine there are better products out there, but they're not even close to affordable to me. I have modified the desoldering pumps I already had by combining parts of several into one and choosing a weaker slower spring and lubricating the o-ring. This way the rush of air doesn't insta cool the joint, so this works better, and the recoil isn't so hard either. I haven't had a need to modify it with a silicone tip, I can desolder anything nicely like that. I despise plastic ones, way too much moving mass for some reason, I use the smaller alu body type. I have also cut off the sheath around the plunger at the top, and replaced the weird slanted plunger top button with a 3D printed flat and rounded one. My hands are tiny and I can't really reach the button comfortably to reset the pump, but modified like this, I can reset it by whacking it on my hip.

Why not? Just do it, it's fun, and electronics can be a comparatively spectacularly inexpensive hobby which can also save you money by allowing you to fix stuff.

@@SianaGearz I have bought a Arduino board and done relays, it was a fun project. I didn't have to solder anything though. I'm not very proficient with programming. But thanks for the encouragement. Fixing household electronics can be a very useful skill to have.

Is it the exact same thing?

@@emmatitova2154 maybe, but it definitely works the same way

This tends to be trouble when a component has soldered anchor pieces which need a lot of heat or has a lot of pins, you can't keep all of them heated well at the same time. Or how many arms do you have to wield 3 or 4 soldering irons? For a 2-legged component, wiggle or push is too easy to bother with any more specialised tools or techniques.

@@SianaGearz well, usually I just raise the soldering station's temperature, add more normal Tin for higher contact area, heat one of the pin rows while slightly tilting the componente to the side, repeating on the other row as it already raised enough on one side. I would only use the desoldering alloy for more heat sensible components, like microcontrollers