Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 05 18:59:15 EDT 1998 | Graham Naisbitt
Jaqueline There are so many variables in the electronic assembly manufacturing process involving more than 12 different chemistries, that it is impossible to easily identify and determine the nature and reason of such residues. GEC Hirst Research in
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 12 17:56:58 EDT 2000 | DennisF
The white residue can be caused by putting Alcohol on the no clean product. Some people will attempt to clean an area they have reworked.
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 03 11:17:55 EST 2003 | Randy Villeneuve
White residues are a common problem when cleaning no-clean fluxe residues. The white residue forms when the flux residue is partialy removed, etc. Alcohol should not be your only solution for cleaning. In general, solvents may attack some plastic par
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 03 11:30:29 EDT 2017 | davef
regarding dwl comment, "For low volume hand assembly, deionized water or IPA should work fine." Deionized water: Deionized water is corrosive. It needs to be removed. Proof? Drop a copper coin into a covered jar of DI water and watch what happens ov
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 07:10:11 EDT 2004 | abraham
Praveen, White powder residue can be produced if you clean the No clean flux residue with isopropyl alcohol. Check whether you are using any IP for local cleaning. In case you want to clean the noclean flux residue ( as per the requirements of conta
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 17:49:52 EDT 2004 | jsk
problem: Too many solvents and boards are not clean Flux remains on the board after vapor degreaser and "Powdery" white residue after vapor degreasing Flux type is kester 186 Process: hand solder High Temp alloy, spot clean after hand solder e
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 11:01:59 EDT 2004 | pabloquintana
Cleaning method will depend on the type of flux > that you use in your soldering process. Yes it is isopropyl alcohol. We use "no-clean" halide free flux (Multicore X33-06i). We still cleaning and I beleive it is because we roto trim the leads aft
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 16:31:02 EDT 2004 | Sue PH
We use Kester 186 flux and the STU people would sometimes find white residue after cleaning with Isopropyl at the solder station. We have Lenium (Petroferm)in our vapor degreasers, and now they use Lenium at their stations as well as final clean, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 06 08:55:11 EST 1999 | Dave F
Vinesh: The white residue is perfectly expected, when washing a no-clean with water (and some alcohol). In some cases, the white resin that you are seeing can be removed. Your paste supplier should be able to provide details. Recognize that clean
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 10 10:58:45 EDT 2015 | philc
I know it won't prevent this, but have you tried cleaning with a mix of screen cleaner and isopropyl alcohol in a 1/3rd - 2/3rd solution? We use this, put on by antistatic brush, and then using an air jet to blow it away. Afterwards, the PCB's look
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