Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 19:04:02 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hi Jacqueline! The dreaded white residue huh? YUCK! This seems to be a ongoing issue...probably because there are many different things that can possibly cause this. There's a real good article about the different causes of this problem at Kest
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 20:44:17 EDT 2002 | davef
Actually, the white res were caused by the water carrier in your Lonco 23F reacting with the res from the nc flux used to solder the component in place. Comments are: * Some nc flux res are cleanable, some are not. Your supplier [Alpha?] can probab
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 01 22:39:28 EDT 2002 | davef
Now, don't be so fast to give-up on those guys. Many saponifier suppliers offer cleaning services for situations like yours. Contact: * Kyzen * Envirosense I seem to remember a similar thread, in the past six months, where our old friend Mike Kon
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 31 21:49:38 EST 2006 | davef
First, we assume the white residue is only on the connector and not on other components. That would imply that either: * White stuff was on the connector when it came in-house from your supplier. [Confirm this theory by baking some connectors from
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 16 23:46:38 EST 1998 | Scott
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 19 20:25:52 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 14 18:47:55 EST 1998 | Graham Naisbitt
Jerry This is the classic "White powder phenomenon" a little like the X files - loads of information but who do you trust? I know that GEC Hirst Research in the UK, identified over 16 different white powder residues so it is not an easy subject. Plea
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 26 11:46:16 EST 1998 | Rin Or
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 26 09:32:55 EST 2003 | davef
But soon after cleaning and drying with IPA, we find a white residue formation. A: IPA will not nothing to clean your board. The white residue is exactly what you should expect. Search the fine SMTnet Archives for background. >How do we avoid th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 31 03:39:26 EST 2003 | NP
EC7M is clean up solvent that can help to prevent white residue problem. It made from Orange shield. Good luck
