Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 22 11:58:05 EDT 2012 | pbarton
I agree with Lou. Crepe paper is the way to go, MUCH cheaper and conforms much better to parts and surfaces being masked. Source items that have a rubber based adhesive and you will also avoid the conformal coating solvents leaching the masking adhes
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 04 14:21:14 EDT 2011 | davef
The three primary causes for bubble generation in solvent-based coatings are: * Air entrapment * Solvent flash-off * Curing the coating too quickly Tell us more about your process including: * When you first notice the bubbles * Extent of the probl
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 15 08:54:43 EST 2005 | Amol Kane
my 2 cents here --- Even though the boards need not be cleaned after SMT when using no clean flux, you will still have to clean them before conformal coating.....and most solvents used to clean boards before coating will take out the no clean flux re
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 08:58:11 EDT 2004 | RDC
I know Micro Care made a unit that removed conformal coating with compressed air and a solvent. But they no longer make it. Does anyone have the 2000 version of this unit and may want to sell it or know of another compressed air solvent solution, p
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 05 07:54:20 EDT 2008 | davef
You're correct, uV costs 1.7X solvent-based silicone. This high purchased material cost is counter balanced by uV requiring lower thickness due to higher solids and that 60 to 80% of a solvent coating is volitile and goes up the pipe between applicat
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 29 13:06:18 EST 2000 | Graham Naisbitt
Todd, All liquid coatings are Newtonian - they follow gravity so they do indeed run away from sharp leads and edges. Silicones are generally worse because they have very low surface energy - although this is an asset when trying to get under compone
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 18 13:08:05 EST 2014 | hegemon
Paralene, Paraxylene, or other vacuum deposited coating will require this method to remove the coatings. UR and Acrylics have solvents, as Rob above has mentioned. Plastic bead media and wheat chaff are ones that I know have been used for Paralene
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 02 11:36:22 EDT 2009 | kpm135
Is this an established process that is just now exhibiting these problems, or is this a brand new process you're just setting up? What is the rest of your process like? What is done to the boards before you coat them? Water washed? Solvent washed? Sa
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 20 13:02:22 EST 2017 | ttheis
We tried both of these suggestions and the 3-1953 is less viscous than the 3-1944 so it will flow better on the board for our conformal coating application. What cleaning solvent is recommended for cleaning off the auger parts, etc.? I haven't been
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 05 16:14:06 EDT 2011 | blnorman
Is this an addition-cure silicone? We once had coating bubbling caused by the evolution of the solvent in the paste flux under leadless components.
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