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"Yes you can get most maybe even all of the caps, I did that with a solder "gun" with a bent tip to get to some of the hard to get ones.
having done it both ways I would say IMHO its better to release the board, its just easier and less stressful on the pcb (I did not have the best control with the bent tip aproach, ended up doing some minor damage from lifted traces)."
This is one more reason I am a proponent of vacuum desoldering stations/hand-held units like the Hakko 808 over solder wick/with burned finger tips using that stuff....
Tom (PK)