Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 13:57:27 EDT 2005 | ppwlee
We have encountered what appears to be mask discoloration after wave soldering. The areas of concern coincide with the areas that were exposed selectively by fixtures during wave soldering, dominated by one date code of PCB with a slightly different
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 22:41:37 EDT 2005 | davef
Peter are you having fun with solder masks erwat? We saw this years ago with LPI solder masks. It shows occasionally with other masks. We agree with Russ. If nothing [eg, alcohol, flux thinner, acetonitrile, or water] dissolves the haze, then it
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 19 16:54:43 EST 2009 | edmentzer
We use WSM-90 which is a red water wash off solder mask from Contronic Devices, Huntington Beach, CA, 714-897-2266. We bake the bare board at 150 F for 30 minutes after applying the mask. We run 130 to 140 F DI water in the inline cleaner which rem
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 19 10:53:14 EDT 1999 | Carol Zhang
Hi, I tried to use high temperature solder (540 - 570F)to connect four spacers on the board. The solder mask around the spacers wrinkled a lot.I can even see a few bulbs around it. I use hot plate and solder rings. After hot plate is heated to appr
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 13 14:27:08 EDT 1999 | mikeh
Dave F, We are currently using a latex based ambient/thermal cure material that is applied by hand or automated dispensing equipment. Printing is an option for us, but we have not had much luck with this particular material. The mask is peeled off a
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 18 13:11:39 EDT 2005 | jsloot
We have our board house apply a peel coat mask that can be brushed off after wave or reflow. You need to brush off while it's still warm.
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 26 05:27:35 EDT 1999 | Edmund
i had a problem here, during the wave soldering process, we apply a water soluble mask on the gold finger to protect it from contamination. But after washing, there is still some mask left on the gold finger. Can anyone pls advise is there any parame
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 26 11:54:06 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| i had a problem here, during the wave soldering process, we apply a water soluble mask on the gold finger to protect it from contamination. But after washing, there is still some mask left on the gold finger. | Can anyone pls advise is there any pa
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 29 07:31:03 EDT 2014 | vitrost
Hi, We had experienced very similar issue on boards of a certain PCB manufacturer. Field experiments showed that the solder mask of this manufacturer is prone to swelling and peeling after it was in contact with our water-based flux. When you switc
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 08:52:11 EDT 1999 | Brian
| i had a problem here, during the wave soldering process, we apply a water soluble mask on the gold finger to protect it from contamination. But after washing, there is still some mask left on the gold finger. | Can anyone pls advise is there any pa
