Re: Pealing skin on circuit boards

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This is the pen style but I'm sure you can get it in a pint container
someplace.

-Stephen

On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 09:50 AM, Matt Rossiter wrote:

> I heard there was some type of solution you could "paint" on to the
> board
> which keeps the solder mask from flaking. I realize the board is no
> real
> danger, but I hate when it flakes off in big chunks.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <solarfox@texas.net>
> To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Pealing skin on circuit boards
>
>
>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:08:35 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>> Some of my Sega and Midway boards are constantly having problems with
> that
>>> green stuff flaking off. What do you guys use to keep that from
> happening?
>>
>> The "green stuff" is called solder mask... and it won't hurt anything
>> if it flakes off, at least not directly. It's just there to keep
>> solder
>> from flowing all over the circuit traces and wicking its way into
>> places
> it
>> shouldn't go when the board goes through the wave-soldering machine,
>> and
>> has the side benefit of sealing and protecting the traces from
>> oxidization
>> and contaminants afterwards.
>>
>> I don't think there's much you can do to stop the flaking, short of
>> coating the entire board in epoxy. :)
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