Seven saponifier washes? Why? It's a wonder you have any epoxy left on 
your substrate! Please tell us more about the whys and the wherefores, 
type of application, type of board etc.

Brian

Gervascio, Thomas wrote:
> We have in the past abandoned manual defluxing after hand soldering
> (ROL0 and ROM0) rosin fluxes with in line saponified washes. Well in
> some cases we have to run boards seven times through the in line wash
> resulting in degraded anodized finish, part marking removal , etc. I am
> trying to gather the experiences and methodoloy to select the best type
> of manual defluxing processes and qualify to make sure that the process
> is adequate and any residues would be benign. Would start with the
> J-STD-001 cleaning process qualification testing on materials and
> residues but was trying to see what other folks are using out there
> rather than being bombarded with sales pitches. 
>  
> Any experiences and information would be appreciated.
> Tom 
> 
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