On 04/07/2011 07:29 AM, Ecnerwal wrote:

My problem was that a) solder indeed did not want to melt easily and
2) It would not stick to the soldering iron well etc.

A trick I use when lead-free solder things get difficult, is to dilute
the lead-free solder with leaded. That has a lower melting point, and
so makes the rework much easier.

Jon