Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 09 10:29:37 EST 2006 | stepheniii
I worked at one place where they had a dishwasher. They had stopped using it by the time I got there. But if they had kept using it I would have gotten a clean glass and put it in to see how clean it came out. I think after a while with only one tan
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 08 12:41:09 EST 2006 | slthomas
The secondary (primary to some) concerns are what you put into the waste stream and how you treat it, and what the chemistry of your residues does to the seals on your machine.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 02:52:42 EST 1998 | Jacqueline Coia
At this moment in time we are using water soluble solder paste on our PCBs these are cleaned using water only, agitated with ultrasonics. After drying a white/grey residue is left around solder joints. Reflow profile is fine and a reliable wash proce
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 28 22:17:36 EST 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, I would also be interested in this thread, but our problem has a different twist to it. We have good results from our reflow with Koki no clean paste, however when we pass the boards through the wave solder machine, the flux in that leaves a fog
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 08:22:36 EST 1998 | Scott Cook
| At this moment in time we are using water soluble solder paste on our PCBs these are cleaned using water only, agitated with ultrasonics. After drying a white/grey residue is left around solder joints. Reflow profile is fine and a reliable wash pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 19:04:02 EST 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hi Jacqueline! The dreaded white residue huh? YUCK! This seems to be a ongoing issue...probably because there are many different things that can possibly cause this. There's a real good article about the different causes of this problem at Kest
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 | Wed Sep 19 11:32:17 EDT 2001 | Mike Konrad
Hi Kevin, Sorry for the delay in responding to your question. I have been trapped in Australia (not a bad place to be trapped I may add). The scale in your cleaner is not usually caused by the chemical used in the wash cycle (although Armakleen ha
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 16:07:06 EDT 2004 | Shean Dalton
Hi Chen, Based on your posted message, the following ideas are for your consideration: "brown residue" The water soluble solder paste you are using could be a water soluble rosin solder paste formulation. Perhaps the solder paste may not be proper
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 05 20:53:32 EST 2001 | davef
When you say all over the board, please give more detail. Where are they located? [All over wave soldered portion, laminate only, solder mask only, solder only, specific components only, etc] When you say white residue, what color are they really?
