Hello all, On page 7 of IPC-6012 under the "3.9 Workmanship" section, it says boards shall have no visual evidence of solder smear transfer to the dielectric surface. Can someone explain what that means? Thanks, Matt Matthew Sanders PWB Procurement Engineer, Trimble Navigation Limited [log in to unmask] Phone: (408) 481-7817 Fax: (408) 481-8590 ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################