Doug,

You know I still like the "wet Q-Tip" test to verify coating coverage!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

D. A. Douthit




On Mar 8, 2013, at 5:43 AM, Douglas Pauls wrote:

> Pat,
> MIL-I-46058 is the mil spec on conformal coatings.  It was declared 
> inactive for new designs in 1995.  The only reason it is still around is 
> the QPL list for it.  Way outdated and it only gives a minimum set of 
> criteria to reach and is not really a performance spec.
> 
> Doug Pauls
> 
> 
> 
> From:   "Goodyear, Patrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     "'TechNet E-Mail Forum'" <[log in to unmask]>, 
> "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:   03/07/2013 10:39 PM
> Subject:        RE: [TN] Conformal Coating and J1 / 610
> 
> 
> 
> Doug, 
> 
> What do the Mil Specs say concerning conformal coatings?   It has been 31 
> years since I played in that field, but I remember they use to have very 
> specific requirements.   Just another reference source. 
> 
> pat
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 8:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] Conformal Coating and J1 / 610
> 
> Greetings Citizens of the Galactic Empire.  You have all been annexed and 
> the Republic is dissolved.  You are now all my minions.
> If you do not have an open can of toluene on YOUR desktop, you miss out on 
> some wonderful hallucinations.
> 
> At the recent IPC Apex meetings, as the Chairman of the Cleaning and 
> Coating groups, I was asked to tackle the conformal coat provisions in
> IPC-J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610.  I agreed (Proof positive I am an idiot). 
> Leave it alone Dewey.  The coating groups have known for a long time that 
> these documents need attention, and the time is right at both of those 
> documents move towards Revision F. 
> 
> To assist the small working group that is/will be working on this over the 
> next 6 months, I plan on making use of this forum to gather information. I 
> have always been impressed by the summary wisdom of Technet.
> 
> So, first question:
> 
> 1.  With J-STD-001 and/or IPC-A-610, what areas are NOT presently 
> addressed, but need to be?
> 
> The Death Star will be dispatched to those areas not participating.......
> 
> Doug Pauls
> Chairman, IPC Cleaning and Coating Committees Galactic Emperor
> 
> 
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