These two sites have lots of information on soldering surface mount components properly:
http://www.curiousinventor.com/guides/Surface_Mount_Soldering
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/surface_mount_soldering.html
To remove the old caps, the method I use:
http://450.servehttp.com/reference/caps/
Just please be careful is all I can say, and good luck. :b&w: