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PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Thu May 24 22:46:10 EDT 2007 | colormaker

The waste water is filtered then sent to city sewer. When we first started we had inspections and then they said our volume was so low and did not require continued testing. We wash 20-40 boards a month. Small 3x4 inch boards. If we hand rinse the b

PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 00:31:07 EDT 2007 | Mike Konrad

Never use a water softener for defluxing. They add sodium to the water which is bad for boards. The white residue may be flux. If that's the case, either the dishwasher is not powerful enough or the wash water is not hot enough. Another possibili

PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 13:24:38 EDT 2007 | mfgengr

I had a similar problem a long time ago. I eventually traced the problem to undercured solder resist. The flux was reacting with what was left of the uncured resist, leaving a white residue. We could not even hand scrub this off. The solution was to

Ionic washing

Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 18 18:36:28 EST 2004 | jj

Thanks, Dave Is that for cleaning component or PCB ? JJ

Re: PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 12:02:56 EST 2000 | Mike Konrad

Your question may be answered in two parts. First, if you are using a water soluble (OA) paste, then water is an excellent �solvent�. Water, in one way or another, is used to clean all fluxes and pastes from PCB�s. In some cases, a chemical is add

Re: PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 21:48:12 EST 2000 | Dave F

Guo: You want to know: 1 Can I use water as the solvent in an ultrasonic machine to remove solder paste from PCB? Continuing from Jason�s comments: Sure you can use water as the solvent to remove solder paste from PCB, but recognize that some flu

Ultrasonic washing for boards

Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 23 20:07:22 EDT 2005 | molosse21

Does someone use Ultrasonic washing machine to remove nc or rma flux residu from the pcb??? I have no experience with this device and I plan to use this for a very small production lot Do you recommand this ??? How are your results ??? What kind

Re: PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 07:50:25 EST 2000 | Jason Bentley

This all depends on the mixture of your solder. If you are using water soluable flux then it will get clean. But not alcohol based flux. As for using the ultrasonic this might be a problem I personally have never heard of someone washing a board in a

Re: PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 05 21:58:08 EST 2000 | Stu Leech

I agree with all of the previous comments. 1) Here are a few things to keep in mind when cleaning with water. To effectively clean, any liquid must wet the surface. By itself, water has a surface tension of 70 dynes/square cm. This is relaively hig

Re: PCB washing

Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 14:03:16 EST 2000 | Bill Schreiber

When cleaning water washable flux from PCBs using U/S, the final rinse can be with spray DI water for aesthetic purposes because the wash cycle is really just a long U/S rinse (no added chemistry). Fresh DI water should be continuously added to fresh


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