I will give that a shot. Just out of curiosity, what would happen if the traces are damaged? Does that make the board useless?

With regards to tantalums vs. stock caps. Some people on this forum say that you never really know how a capacitor that was not designed to be on the board will function, therefore it is best to go with the stock caps. Is that taking things a little too far? Or have people actually experienced this? After all, a capacitor that is rated the same as the old one should work....right? It would be bad if capacitors were that unpredictable, but I'm not electrical engineer, so who knows... Any input would be great.

Also, I've heard of many people dishwashing their boards. Do you guys reccomend that? Also, do you have to unsolder the old caps do to this? Or does it not matter since the caps are bad anyways?

Thanks!