As long as boardsort is taking them with the cap on leave them alone. ;) They're, the spreader cap, worth about $2.50-$2.75/lb so removing them is loosing money. If for some reason you really want to take it off, such as for replacement etc. Using thermal gloves. The xacto cobalt handled blade holder A #4 sickle blade Heat the blade under an 85/15 map flame. And make small passes through the glue. I've never had the glue tested but it's some sort of petroleum based product.
Heating the cap itself won't work unless your hot enough to a) melt the gold off, and b, destabilise the crystalline structure of the CPU itself. And the fumes from the glue would be toxic if not deadly. The spreader is designed to NOT heat evenly.
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