YES! Reject it and send it back to fab. And my answer to your view, if
you can't build the damn thing to print don't quote it! Enough said.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Franklin Asbell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Wednesday, March 15, 2000 6:01 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       [TN] Gold Removal
>
>Cyanide in and of itself won't remove gold, it's a lot more detailed than
>that, and then controlling how much is removed is almost impossible.
>
>Speaking from experience, you won't even smell almonds, you might see a
>humid cloud drifting slowly away from the tank, and the next thing you'll
>see is the ER doctor telling you things will be just fine.
>
>30 microinches of Gold won't affect solderability any different then 10
>microinches. What it might affect depending on your application is the
>electrical properties.
>
>If 30 microinches is simply intolerable then buff the gold tabs or pads down
>to what you believe to be a tolerable level, unless you have access to an
>XRF or similar device though, you won't know how far you've gone.
>
>Sure, reject it all back to the fabricator, have them restart the job, put
>everything on a back burner, or better yet, find another supplier, resubmit
>gerber, have them do it, of course you'll want to survey them first, gotta
>remember to schedule that before we give them the order.
>
>~...hmmmm, wondering if I'm being too facetious, nah, not with this group,
>they can appreciate the humor in this....grinning~
>
>Franklin
>
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