How To Remove Surface Mount IC/smd IC - Learn 4 Neat Methods

See how to remove a surface mount IC / SMT IC using 4 great different methods with and without the use of a hot air rework station.
These 4 different methods for how to remove surface mount ic's can be carried out using a variety of standard tools so there is a method for everyone as I appreciate not all viewers will have a hot air rework station.
2 and 4 sided IC removal can be easily achieved by following these short tutorials on all 4 methods with clear guidance and tips throughout.
Please note if your IC's have a HEATPAD underneath the body you will need option 1 , the hot air pencil method.Also if you are using the 2 soldering iron method PLEASE make sure the board is not powered up when performing this option.
All these IC removal methods are proved and trusted and with some care you will easily achieve your IC removal successfully without a problem.
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Thank you for your time and good luck.
Mr SolderFix

#smdicremoval #icrework #icdesoldering

[TruthInAdvertising]

I concur. I’ve been an EE for 20+ years and have never seen the 2-iron method. Well done.

[rrr]

I followed your technique of slicing the pins with a razor and it WORKED!!
I was at a dead end. I could not desolder it directly.

Thanks!!

[dipenvachhani]

Good informative video
List of the methods shown
1. Hot air pencil
2. Cutting the IC pins
3. Lifting the individual pins one by one
4. Using two soldering irons

[titansatria]

I'm just entering the soldering world and your tutorial really help me by a lot
Thanks for your hard works

[stephendurham]

This really helped thank you, I was trying to take ics off without a blower. This was a massive help

[fandgvideos]

Excellent methods illustrated if you haven't got a hot air station! VERY helpful. Thanks!!

[supersilve]

Some very good tips, having the right solder tip, flux, a steady hand and a microscope makes it look easy.

[eugenio]

Very nice videos and nice explanation in your channel! Very useful videos for learning soldering skills. Just about the solder wick I would say is better not to drag it on the pads but just tap it instead. In some cases, it could ruin the pads.

[dancrawford]

Wow that 2 iron thing was a eye opener for me, never seen that before and it's just won you a new subscriber 👍👍👍

[MarkHopewell]

Another interesting method we were taught in the 90's was as follows:-

1: Run a fine gauge wire down the back of one side of the IC pack and the inner facet of its pins - similar to the way a shuttle cock runs inside threads in a weaving loom.
2: Solder the tip of the wire to the last pin on the run.
3: Take the free end of the wire and while heating the pins, gently tease the wire outward and upwards.
4: Repeat this "teasing" movement along the length of one side of the IC package until all pins on the one side are free of the pads.
5: Repeat this same process for the other side of the IC pack.
6: Clean and prepare PCB accordingly for the new device.

[alexanderbonnot]

Methods 1 and 4 are the most reasonable, I think. They're the most similar to the recomendations in the IPC 7711/7721. There are actually solder tips designed for this kind of removal as well. I wouldn't suggest using a blade near the board or putting your board through the stress of method 3.

[freereacher]

Very gracious of you pass on these very real skill that come experience in the field. Gold.

[madmanmechanic]

I do Marine repair and restore Muscle cars and I have done a ton of wiring, trying to learn electronics, I got one of those Radio Shack electronic kits to learn on. You my man just got a new subscriber that was totally cool and very well done you taught me a lot from one tech to another well done my man

[Basketball]

Thankyou very much for teaching us this skills...I dont go to an electronics school and i love electronics, and this videos are very apreciated to me. Gratings from Monterrey Mexico!

[HF-DXM-DXW-]

Wow bro thanks alot. With method 4 I fixed my sony DA777es for free. I had to swap the unused burrbrown dacs around in the digital board, it worked perfectly and now the sound of that dsp is backkkk :)

[charetjc]

Just used a variation of your method 4 to remove a sop 8 ic. Blob of solder on both sides to connect the leads, use a large chisel tip iron, then alternate back and forth heating the solder on both sides until they melt and the ic slides off. I imagine it would have been easier with two irons, but only had one and didn't take hardly any time. I can't recommend a good flux paste though; without my solder was sticking everywhere it could.

Cheers

[TheVicar]

Solderers need 3 hands to exist in this world, but the 2 soldering iron method of removal is the best thing I've heard for a long time.

Many thanks for the idea!

[lanternofthegreen]

Thanks a lot. The switch on the board of my dishwasher was broken so I had to remove it. Yet I just couldn’t remove it.

Thanks to you, I swapped it with a new one and I don’t have to deal with the damn dishes anymore.

[mike-ypuk]

I like how easy you make it look. I ordered a rework station and I'm going to start practicing for skill building exercise. There's plenty of throw away items to practice on. Lol

[castlecodersltd]

Thanks for these tips. I hadn't considered two soldering irons before ☺