>
>With solder sucker:
>    Cock the solder sucker. Heat a pin and put nozzle of sucker
>near but not on pin. Fire. Go around to other pins. Now put screwdriver
>under socket and pry gently, while rewarming pins with brief touches from
>iron. Should be able to work the pins free and socket up away from board.
>
>With wick:
>   Same as solder sucker, but you 'blot up' the solder with the wick.
>
>For all of them - Don't get in a hurry. Let the board cool inbetween
>melting solder points, or you'll lift the traces.
>


  One other tip, especially for double-sided/multilayer
  boards: after you get the solder out of the hole but before
  attempting to remove the socket, take a needle-nose pliers
  and grip each pin tightly one at a time. Wiggle them
  around strenuously in all directions to break the remaining
  film of solder between the pin and the hole/pad. This will
  minimize the possibility that you rip out the plating
  as you lift the socket. If you're skillful (and lucky) when
  you break loose the last pin, the socket will drop out.

  As an earlier poster mentioned, the most idiot-proof
  method is to destroy the socket and heat one pin at
  a time to remove it while the solder is molten.

  Reg Neale
  Destroyer of many boards, salvagor of a few