Reading all of the flux effects thread made me start to re-think about 
cleaning the flux residue off of the boards I make on the small assembly 
line I have here.  I currently use no-clean flux which is cleanable with 
water if so desired.  But I generally don't do any cleaning.

I understand that a dishwasher can be a good tool for this (and is a 
fairly common fixture for short production runs).

I'm wondering if anyone has used a dishwasher for this and can tell me 
the do's, don'ts and gotchas?

Also, several sources indicate that you really want to use deionized 
water for the cleaning.  I can understand that the reason behind this is 
that you want to avoid putting worse things (from the water) on the 
board than you are taking off.   With that in mind, is there a good 
filter I can buy which will do a good enough job to be able to provide a 
source of water for the dishwasher? 

-forrest
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