Steel wool might work.  If the steel wool can't remove the coating, try a
Dremel.  This requires extreme care to avoid grinding completely through
the trace.

Mark Moss
Amateur Radio Operator, Technician, and General Tinkerer


On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 14:53:27 -0800 Don Holtz <daholtz@AXIONET.COM> writes:
>Hi!
>
>Does anyone know what kind of solvent would work for
>cleaning/dissolving
>the green conformal coating that is used to stop oxidation on most
>commerical PCB's.
>
>I often need to do small repairs on PCB's.  Currently I scrape the
>coatings
>off which can be difficult, and dangerous (for fear of damaging the
>board
>too much).
>
>It would be great if I could use a cotton swab to clean the board in
>the
>vicinity of where I will be working!  I have tried MEK (Methly Ethly
>Keton), Xylene, Ascetone, and Laquer Thinner - none of which seem to
>affect
>the green coating!
>
>Cheers, and thanks!
>
>Don
>


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