To All: Have have read many articles regarding what folks are recommending as replacement coating for HASL. What are folks experiences with Electroless Gold and also Electroless Silver? Is one substantially cheaper than the other? Are there benefits of one over the other? Will either cause any potential problems when using SAC 305 and a VOC free flux? Thanks in advance for help with these issues!!!!!! Bill Black Q.A. Manager Medco 631-667-9699 [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------