At 07:54 30/11/97 +0000, you wrote: >In message <3.0.1.32.19971129164209.0069571c@pop.fast.net>, Andy Kunz > writes >>>Does 3M makes any solderable barnish ?. I use it to make PCB water-tolerant >>>(not water-proof). The barnish lets you make reworks on the PCB, change >>>cables, etc. Connectors that fits directly in the PCB can be soldered after >>>barnish application (jack connectors, etc). They would probably get locked >>>if using epoxy. >>> >>>Have found this stuff in spray, but would prefer to use it liquid like any >>>wood barnish. Anybody knows who makes it ? >> >>I believe Luis means "varnish." >> >>I don't know of solder solderable varnishes. The 3M potting compound I use >>is NOT solderable afterwards - it melts and smells. It is, however, >>removable sufficiently for me to replace damaged components (heat) underneath. > >Solder-through varnish is made! I've got an aerosol can of it, made by >Electrolube, called Clear Protective Lacquer (CPL). I think that Luis is >after it in ordinary liquid form, rather than an aerosol. > >Leon >-- >Leon Heller: leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk >Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 >See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/rcm.htm for details of a >low-cost reconfigurable computing module using the XC6216 FPGA > > Out of interest, are we talking "conformal coating" here? Adrian WWW WWW Adrian Gothard WWW WW WWW White Horse Design WWWWWWWWWW 0385-970009, 01189-628913/628914, 0976-387778 (obsolete) WWWW WWWW whd@zetnet.co.uk