At work we also use a large industrial washer and have no problems with the boards. I also like WS for touchups. Leaded is great, leadfree sucks all the way around. Oh by the way, I was using sponges to clean my tips off, leadfree... Now I use the brass brilo. it works great for removing oxides and doesnt damage the tip that I can tell, I havent had any problems so far. leaded I still use a sponge.
Brian
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Erik Knise <elknise@...> wrote:
>
> With water soluble you really need to have a good cleaning system to
> get ALL of the flux out from underneath the parts. At my last job we
> had a large industrial washer. It worked fairly well, but in certain
> areas it would not clean very well...
>
> I still prefer using water soluble because it's easier for me to touch
> up. I've always just washed it off with extremely hot water and
> scrubbed it with a toothbrush. Worked fine, but I never had very many
> large parts on the boards I've washed by hand.
>
> I personally prefer the look of a nice clean board verses one covered
> in no-clean or rosin core flux.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
> >
> > Basic question: no-clean or water soluble?
> >
> >
>
> --
> Erik L. Knise
> Pacific Shipping Company
> Seattle, WA
>