Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 20 09:49:57 EDT 2018 | dontfeedphils
Not entirely clear on your question. We don't coat any of our hardware (assemblies are coated prior to hardware installation), so if coating needs to be reworked after this, then hardware removal is needed.
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 14 16:18:48 EDT 2018 | dontfeedphils
A couple of things to try as I just went through this myself. Checkout this link for pointers on plasma cleaning... http://www.nordson.com/~/media/Files/Nordson/march/Papers/The-Effects-of-Plasma-Treatment-Prior-to-Conformal-Coating-NordsonMARCH.p
SMTnet Express, December 7, 2017, Subscribers: 31,092, Companies: 10,808, Users: 24,136 Utility of Dual Applicators for Non-Atomized Conformal Coating to Improve High-Volume Manufacturing Optimization Camille Sybert, Michael Szuch; Nordson ASYMTEK