Steve, I presume the fingers are nickel/gold plated. The gold can be
replated using a plating wand but the nickel really cannot. It would be
very difficult if not impossible to strip and replate all the edge
connectors. Looks like the tape seal leaked during the plating process at
the board vendor.


At 09:37 AM 10/28/2005, you wrote:
>Well, I just got back from "Sin City", and as they say; "no rest for the
>wicked".
>
>I really wasn't that wicked, but I was confronted with a new problem this
>morning.
>
>We just built some assemblies and conformal coated them, but when they were
>being
>de-masked, the gold plating on the fingers started peeling up! Check out:
>
>http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Peeling_Plating.jpg
>http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Peeling_Plating_2.jpg
>
>I have a couple of questions:
>
>Can I repair this?
>
>If I repair this, should all fingers be stripped and repaired?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>-Steve Gregory-
>Senior Process Engineer
>LaBarge Incorporated
>Tulsa, Oklahoma
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