Fellow technetters, We are having tons of issues with solder beading, even on boards were we didn't have the issue before. We're clueless, we suspect of the solder paste (63-37 Water Soluble), it looks slumpy amd watery, but we're not sure. I know solder beading can be solved by designing the stencils with home-base aperture, but what we're seeing here is across the board, not just one particular assembly but several. Does anyone have experience dealing with an issue like this?, could solder beading caused by the oven profile or is it more like solder paste related? Any comments would be appreciated. Jorge Rodriguez Process Engineer Varian Electronics Manufacturing E-mail: [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 To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------