w/e - where am i going to find a better most likely irreparable practice board for pad repair... seriously though I tried a lot of stuff... is there any tip you can think of of how to actually get the solder onto - or to stick to the board.  the best i did was like a tiny bit stuck... then i managed to drop a ball, but it would not settle and just dried as a ball.  that might partly have been the flux, which seemed to keep dripping back toward the pads themselves.