Electronics Forum: cleaning water soluble flux (Page 2 of 93)

Disposal of ultrasonic cleaning water

Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 12:26:33 EDT 2008 | dyoungquist

We are purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner to clean pcb asseblies that have been produced with water soluble flux based solder. After cleaning a batch of assemblies, the water in the cleaner will need to be disposed of. My question is: Do we need to

water soluble marking pen

Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 12 09:52:44 EST 2001 | dennis

Hello! I need some help! Does anyone know marking pen that is water soluble? I want to wash off marker in a cleaning machine using only hot water. I tried many different type of water soluble marking pen, but it did not come off easily.

water soluble solder mask

Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 13 12:07:43 EDT 1999 | mikeh

Hi, I am currently using a peelable mask prior to wave soldering and have started exploring water soluble/washable masks. The mask will be used with water based and alcohol based flux. Are there any compatability issues to concider and how will this

Re: water soluble mask

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

Re: water soluble mask

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

Re: baked on water soluble flux residue betwwen fine pitch comp.

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 15:37:50 EST 2000 | Dason C

Jim, you may need to look with different paste instead of the cleaning solvent. Please advise what is the paste which you currently using? Beside, when you talking about the board stayed in hot area, is it a drying area or the cleaning zone. If it

Re: baked on water soluble flux residue betwwen fine pitch comp.

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 17:03:57 EST 2000 | Dave F

Curious, very curious ... Residues � Where are these residues? [solder & laminate / mask, solder only, laminate / mask only] What is the result of your analysis to the residues? How do you know it�s a flux residue, rather than a chemical by product

Re: baked on water soluble flux residue betwwen fine pitch comp.

Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 16:02:33 EST 2000 | Jim M

Thanks for your reply. I 've tried to clarify and answer your questions. The water soluble paste used is WS3060, type 4. The boards are sent through a inline di cleaner after reflow. There is a hot Di waterwash, rinse and then hot air to dry the wa

Re: no-clean vs. water soluble

Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 16:45:32 EDT 2000 | Casimir Budzinski

It realy depends on what no-clean you use, I had on that would get under IC's and not get fully activated it was fine here in the states but when it was shipped over seas the salt air and humidity gave us fits, another we used didnt have that problem

Re: no-clean vs. water soluble

Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 11:39:59 EDT 2000 | Steve Thomas

Ahhhh, Dave, I'm glad I can still count on you for some real cutting edge info. yuck, yuck. Believe me, there's a lot more information available on how to resolve no-clean issues than there is on how to keep this stupid board wash/DI/Stencil wash/


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