Use the tip of a spudger to scrape the coating along the ZIF connectors' black locking tabs—enough so you can grab clumps of it with pointed tweezers.

Use pointed tweezers to peel off the coating around the black locking tabs and their hinges on the ZIF connector.

If the coating becomes too brittle and hard to peel off, reheat the connectors and try again.

This is a meticulous process! Failure to remove enough of the coating could damage the locking tab during disconnection, so take your time!