Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 14:23:33 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Rub a potato on your skin. It's supposed to absorb the lead (well on this site it does! LOL).
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 31 11:57:15 EST 2012 | edmneb
Check to make sure that your camera is not hitting / rubbing the edge/bottom of the stencil, especially if you are using a stencil adapter.
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 13 15:12:31 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
The guys at Honda on the east coast use a potatoe rub. They rub the pot be for solder isadded. Clainm they can reduce drosses that way. Funny how spuds and solder are so close to each other on The Forum here. Prolly explain why they let potatoe f
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 24 11:02:42 EST 2003 | Claude_Couture
Every time this problem was brought to me, handling was the problem. Make sure to: 1- track the exact place the components are lost, i.e.: visually inspect the pcb before and after each step in your assembly line. 2- if step one does not pin point t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 12 03:37:05 EDT 2008 | benefon
It is also possible to etch the barcodes directly on the PCB by using a laser. The solder resist mask is easily burned by laser and if there is copper underneath the contrast is quite good. The contrast is satisfactory even if there is no metal under
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 03 23:11:04 EDT 2000 | Patrick Ng
hi, We are receiving PCBs with gold fingers "discolored". The "discolored" gold fingers can be removed if rub with soft eraser! We are working with suppliers to determine the root cause and eliminate this issue. Pls assist if you have encountered si
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 30 07:20:20 EST 2004 | davef
If you can rub it off, it's unlikely to be a solder mask problem. Try the "excess flux, flux contamination, solder contamination" angle.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 20 07:50:27 EDT 2005 | jdumont
I have tried this product and one from Kester with mixed results. Just follow the directions exactly. If it says rub the leads with the swab for 60 seconds, do it! Good luck!
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 27 11:46:02 EDT 2005 | jimby
surface tension of solder mask material on the board. Need to rough it up prior to board assembly. Use Silica (cabosil) and IPA mixture and rub
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 09:43:46 EST 2005 | Steve
As you move, your clothing is rubbing against your body causing static to build up in the material. Since the material is a poor conductor, not all of the charge gets conducted through your skin to the heel straps. The smock is designed to prevent th
