Terri, Yes, I know and for all the wrong reasons one of which you stated. I'm also concerned about gasketing though not really, true pad definition (as part of the SM definition because of loose tolerences associated with imaging and stripping), and justplain wasted effort. The only thing I see of value is holding down what otherwise should be very "firmly" attached pads. TI, though I should quit picking on them, likes this stuff because their reflow profiles, recommended, are so long and tedious they often lift pads. I send this to Ryan as well and offer thanks to his input. Thanks, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------