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Subject: Conformal Coating - PCB protectant ("PCB varnish"): Info and U.S. sources.

From: "dyadic_cyclone" <dyadic_cyclone@...>
Date: 2006-01-10

After quite a bit of searching on Google for "PCB varnish" & "PCB
lacquer", getting hits from every country except the USA. I finally
stumbled on a good keyword combination: Try "Conformal Coating".
Typing "conformal" into Mouser's search engine yeilds some products.
While Digikey's response is limited. So far I've found a couple of
manufacturers on my own:

Chemtronics
http://www.chemtronics.com/products/americas/e/conformal_coatings.asp

MG Chemical Application notes:
http://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/appguide/appguide0404.pdf

MG Chemical US Distributors:
http://www.mgchemicals.com/distributors/us/distributors_us_ol.html

Rabbit Semiconductor has a nice writeup about conformal coatings,
including a substantial list of suppliers:

http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/documentation/docs/refs/TN303/TN303.pdf

-Paul