John, If you point the business end of a smd hot air iron at the pad in question it will soften it enough to allow you to scrape of the mask with a dull Xacto knife. Gary Camac John Koleszar wrote: > hello everybody, > > I have run into a slight dilema, boards that we are building have several > vias soldermasked that are needed for ict testing. This raises several > questions: > 1)Is it possible to remove mask from vias? > 2)If so is this something that can be outsourced? > 3)How much would it cost? > 4)what are the reliabilty effects of doing this? > > thanks in advance. > > john koleszar > [log in to unmask] > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################