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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Rosin remover
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Date: 1 Aug 89 01:16:15 GMT
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ingoldsb@ctycal.COM (Terry Ingoldsby) says:

> Having been an electronics hobbiest for some years, I am going to ask
> what is probably a *dumb* question.  I have seen all the discussion
> about methods of removing rosin from PC boards, but I've never had
> any trouble with leaving it there.  My understanding is that it is

When I was designing graphics boards, which were produced in small
quantity and assembled by hand, I asked the production dept. why they
were spending so much time removing rosin.  They said it caused corrosion.

Frankly, I don't believe it.  I think it is a purely cosmetic issue.