On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:30:53 -0700, Peter Wieck wrote:
I use a solder-sucker. It gets down into the blob and pretty much gets
all of it. If the solder is stubborn and does not stay liquid enough,
I will 'refresh' it with a bit of new solder first.

Such tools may be had at any electronics shop, either as rubber-bulb
devices, cheap and easy, or as a spring-loaded device that is a bit
more expensive and awkward to use but can be much more efficient.

I suppose a "me-too" post isn't in order, but this is one... I've used
the spring-loaded devices and they work quite well on tag strips. I've
not tried the rubber-bulb ones, would think they'd be a bit short on
suction for some applications.

There are also fancy vacuum-aided devices for which I have never (yet)
had the need, but I hear-tell they are super at what they do.

We used to have one of these at work. It was OK for circuit board work
but even there, I think the spring-loaded suction device worked better. I
don't think you'd have much luck with the powered-vacuum unit on a tag
strip.