In a message dated 8/9/2002 10:16:26 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

IPC-60XX series for bare boards are pretty good documents, but they use the
old mil spec levels until someone else gives them something better to put
in its place

I think you will will find that the IPC specs have NO REQUIREMENT for final bare boards, just prior to solder mask application.
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