Electronics Forum | Fri May 29 17:48:34 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | We recently made the switch to no-clean and the wurface mount is turning out beautifully. However, the wave solder process continues to put up a fight; we are getting a white residue on the surface of the PCB. The residue is not localize
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 13:19:43 EST 2005 | Slow Ride
I would use a spot solder machine. If not, why not spray the mask onto the board? Use a Camalot machine or something similar. Using a stencil over placed components wil yield a thick mask - right? That's why I'd spray.
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 23 11:42:01 EDT 2009 | ysutariya
Hi Dave, I haven't tried the Probimer yet, but the Taiyo ink didn't hold up too well. As a PCB fabricator, finding a white soldermask that has good trace coverage and survives 4X solder immersion (HASL) is like the holy grail of white soldermask.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 16 08:01:20 EDT 2005 | davef
Peter: Questions are: * From your pictures, the white residue appears to be only on the solder mask. Is that correct? If not, what is the location [eg, solder, nonsolder/nonmask areas] of the residue that doesn't show well in the pictures? Further,
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 07 07:30:16 EDT 2007 | jdumont
What type of residue is it. Are you sure its not the solder mask turning white? Odd that it would only be on the bottom...
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 09 12:20:28 EDT 2009 | richardli
What is the cause of this discoloarion? Soldermask masterial wrong? Thanks.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 30 02:58:55 EST 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the ideas. With the solder mask curing problems, can you normally wipe off the white residue, as we can do this on our boards with our fingers. It's almost like the surface of the board has a "wet dried up" look to it, and it's a smok
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 14 15:48:40 EDT 2015 | horchak
The white haze is definitely an indication of moisture being trapped in uncured or improperly applied solder mask. You can verify this by heating up the board using a heat gun on an area of the board with the white haze, and if it clears up that is t
Electronics Forum | Wed May 27 14:20:43 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We recently made the switch to no-clean and the wurface mount is turning out beautifully. However, the wave solder process continues to put up a fight; we are getting a white residue on the surface of the PCB. The residue is not localized to
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 16 12:47:48 EDT 2010 | boardhouse
White solder mask does have a tendency to yellow within the lead free environment. so double coating will not help any. I due believe the flux is a factor in the yellowing but due to the color is the main reason. Find out what brand of S/M mask they
