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ALBERT C. GOOD JR.
 
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Default "greasy" PCB's

There are a couple of things that I am wondering about:

1. How is the "grease getting on the boards in the first place.
2. What kind of "grease" is it.

I had set up a soldering machine some years ago that used peanut oil as a
means of protecting the solder in the reservoir from oxidization. The oil
usually didn't touch the boards, but if it had isopropyl alcohol would have
cleaned it off.

Albert

"Art" wrote in message
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? Denatured Alcohol ? Flux Remover Sprays ? Etc.
"Alexander" wrote in message
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"Jasen Betts" schreef in bericht
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In article , Alexander wrote:
I solder (wave) reguraly some PCB's.
After soldering the PCB's are "greasy".
I have tried brushing this off with a clean ESD-safe brush. but all

this
did
was putting the grease on another spot off the PCB and leave some
brushstripes.
The same with all PCB-cleaners I have tried, some work well if you

clean
the
PCB afterwards with some cloth. Unfortunatly not all produceb PCB's

can
be
cleaned with cloth.

Does anyone have a solution for this problem.

I thought of a cleaner which cleans the PCB and dries up in powder.

But
I
haven't found one.

Have you tried a dishwasher ?

most electronic parts store safely at 100C and are in waterproof
encapsulations....

Bye.
Jasen


Nice suggestion, but not all PCB's can be done in a dishwasher.
Even if I use less agressive tabs.

I have succesfull used a "proffessional" ultrasonic cleaner, but it also
uses water and not all parts like water.
The grease is only on the solderside so I can use cleaners on that site.