Patti, Be very careful! If you use this technique over bare copper, it will dewet like hell, due to abrasive particles being implanted into the metal. Brian "Goldman, Patricia J." wrote: > > Technet colleagues, > > My boss came across the term "micro sand blasting" in an article in the > April 2000 edition of SMT Magazine. > > He asked me what that was and of course I did not have an answer. Can > someone give me a nice description of this operation or process? > > The article had to do with Conformal Coatings and the pertinent sentence > was: "Rework on acrylics and urethanes can be handled using mechanical > abrasion or micro sand blasting." > > Thanks for your help, > Patty > Patricia J. Goldman > PPG Industries, Inc. > 724-274-3417 > [log in to unmask] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------