RE: Advice on Desoldering an IC

[Fred Cisin via cctalk]

Once the chip is out, for cleaning out the holes, I used a spring loaded 
solder sucker on one side of the board, with soldering iron on the other 
side.
also, solder wick
sometimes a wooden toothpick
in extreme cases, a small drill bit turned by hand in a pin vise (NOT 
chucked up in a powered 1/2" drill!)