On 2014-01-11, Doug White wrote:
0.5mm thick abrasive disc or cintride/"diamond" disc in a "Dremmel"

Thus throwing small conductive bits all over the board. No thanks...

Reconsider your objection. You can blow the filings away with compressed air,
and vacuum up.

The board is not powered up while you're doing this, right?

You could also mask the board off with a piece of paper (or whatever) that has
a cutout just for the IC, if you're paranoid.