Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 09 15:53:22 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
If the white residue is from a no-clean flux or no- clean solder flux core you can leave it on the board. (Consult with the flux or cored solder manufacturer) Because after being encapsulated with conformal coating the residue is sealed from humidity
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 20 21:25:32 EST 1999 | Tony A
| I get white residue on my PCBs after vapor degreasing. No comments on the vapor degreaser. Yes, I still use one of these. I use a vapor degreaser and a 1,1,1 replacement solvent due to the quick clean and quick dry times. Anyway, I only get whi
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 17 22:14:42 EST 2005 | Chua
Hi Davef, Thanks for your advise...... We are running no-clean process. If there is white residues after few days.....is it cause by those excess flux. Thanks
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 13:57:58 EDT 2013 | wpierowski
Recently on one product, I found a white residue on the solder joints only that is more of a gray in color. Our lab told us it was a tin oxide with an unknown organic. This is with a lead free OA paste and it only shows after wash. Has anyone seen
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 20 01:13:05 EDT 2001 | Michael Konrad
Hi Dave, It may be. DI water alone will not build up residue. It can attack the finish of electro-polished (mirrored) stainless steel though. I have seen a white / chalky buildup on poly inline cleaners, usually isolated in the wash section. The
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 09 15:03:46 EDT 2005 | Amol
Hi, I am running a circuit board that needs a part to be put on it after cleaning and before conformal coating. the only problem is that after cleaning and hand assembly of the part, there is a thin whitish residue in the ckt board that one can see w
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 17:54:37 EST 2000 | Steve Harshbarger
Casimir, I have seen exactly what you are experiencing with the Kester 958 on other wave lines. No clean fluxes vary in how much flux residue is visually left behind. These no clean residues are typically not harmful to the PCB, but they are often
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 31 01:11:14 EST 2003 | yukim
Hi, we are about to change solder paste for cost issue. Currently using a no clean Sn63 solder paste and tried several others, all no clean, Sn63 and Sn62. Want to ask about reliability test: we did thermal shock test for 8 days. The flux residue cha
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 08:26:14 EDT 2007 | davef
Testing for solder mask cure: Search the fine SMTnet Archives, for instance: http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=15726 Residue after wave: Water in your wave soldering flux may cause your NC flux residue to go white. Indium W
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 28 11:17:19 EST 2006 | smartasp
Thanks for the input Guys Yeah the not so knowledgable customer does not like to residues for cosmetic resons. The flux is for lead free process, of the no clean and water soluable type. We have explained to him that technically the residues do not
