Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 21:48:12 EST 2000 | Dave F
Guo: You want to know: 1 Can I use water as the solvent in an ultrasonic machine to remove solder paste from PCB? Continuing from Jason�s comments: Sure you can use water as the solvent to remove solder paste from PCB, but recognize that some flu
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 05 21:58:08 EST 2000 | Stu Leech
I agree with all of the previous comments. 1) Here are a few things to keep in mind when cleaning with water. To effectively clean, any liquid must wet the surface. By itself, water has a surface tension of 70 dynes/square cm. This is relaively hig
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 27 12:02:00 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Dave is correct. No-clean flux + water = white residue (unless the proper chemical is mixed with the water). Additionally, no-clean flux + IPA = white residue. Many saponifiers work well as do other cleaning agents. White residue may also be a re
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 02 21:00:26 EDT 2003 | davef
Who says the chlorine comes from your tap water? Our PTOW dumps boat loads of chlorine into our water periodically. Sometimes it's so bad you can smell it. We doubt that it is the source of your problem. This chlorine will volitize very quickly,
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 21:51:23 EST 2004 | davef
Dreamy It sounds like you are having fun in your new job. Saponifier. Alkaline chemicals, added to water, that convert rosin/resin flux residues in the water to soluble soaps. Generally, saponifiers are better if used in an aggressive spray-in-ai
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 19 22:19:40 EDT 2006 | Nathan
Dear All, We plan to setup an assembly line for our small volume production of PCBs (about couple hundred PCBs per week). The board has about 150 components (less than 30 types) and a few BGA and IC (majority is SMT, only few THT connectors). We hav
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 13:51:08 EDT 2007 | petep
Coilcraft has posted the following and I am wondering how you folks are handling the use of coils in a Water Soluble world. PCB Washing and Coilcraft Parts Coilcraft tests for resistance to solvents per the following specification: Resistance to s
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 11 12:17:16 EST 2008 | bmaheu
Setting up a PCB washing "system" and the facilities required for a cost effective and repeatable cleaning process depend heavily on the application (water soluble versus chemistry cleaning), (batch cleaner versus ln-line) and local factors (quality
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 23:59:48 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Grant, No-Clean paste + IPA = White Residue! #1: Stop using IPA #2: Switch to either a solvent-based de-fluxing chemical or an aqueous-based de-fluxing chemical. If you are using an ultrasonic cleaner for your boards as stated, do not use sapon
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 30 19:55:21 EDT 2003 | Mike Konrad
In all likelihood, you may not be leaving flux on the board rather you may be leaving saponifier on the board. Improper rinsing is a leading cause of cleaning related board failures. The problem with some inline cleaning systems (especially old o
