Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 01 19:03:30 EDT 2013 | joeherz
I am sick of Kapton. We have varying levels of leftover residues on multiple brands and I'm done chasing this thing. We have tested some wave tapes that were total garbage in years past. Really don't want to go there. Peelable liquid masks - Who
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 11:17:45 EST 1999 | John Thorup
Hello Mike You'll have to be a bit more specific. Do you mean permanent solder mask like the normally green material or a temporary mask like the peelable/washable material? John Thorup
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 07 22:07:25 EDT 2003 | davef
It depends on the carbon polymer that the fabricator printed on your board. It could be: * No wave soldering * Wave soldering with a peelable mask * Wave soldering ... probably one of the latter two. Watch it. Some temporary masks can affect the
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 01:44:33 EST 2007 | josaf
now we use Solder mask from peters.de but it too thick so we can't use process for screen epoxy
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 17 16:43:03 EST 2006 | davef
If you are not washing and want to stay with a peelable mask the two basic types are vinyl and latex. Although we've seen some silicone and urethanes, they cost more. * Do not use latex peelable solder mask with a low residue soldeing process withou
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 14:35:12 EDT 2009 | davef
Maybe your solder mask supplier can provide additional background
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 29 01:37:30 EST 2018 | cannizzaro
I think silicone mask is ok, This is so that after soldering, you can use these holes to fit other components later. This peelable layer is needed, unless you want to solder each component manually--From ALLPCB
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 03 18:04:52 EST 2021 | SMTA-64387687
Why don't you use peelable/washable solder mask on the SMT components next to the T/H pins? Then, you won't have to worry about keeping the tight tolerances.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 15:48:52 EST 2000 | Shane Lay
We are planning on converting to a no-clean soldering chemistry and will need to replace our water soluble liquid solder mask as a result. Does anyone know of a dispensable, "peelable" solder mask I can evaluate? It would be nice to find one that i
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 22 14:16:22 EDT 2020 | rgduval
We prefered kapton tape to peelable mask, though, there is added time/effort to taping the boards, then removing the tape (if it's done hot, it can go pretty quickly). If you're at a volume where manual masking/mask removal is too time consuming, co
