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The No-Clean Flux Remover – VeriClean™ (#MCC-DC1) works great on “no clean” materials. However, a newer formulation from MicroCare — the VOC-Free Flux Remover – UltraClean™ (#MCC-VOC10A) — is an excellent choice and some users report the fast-drying, nonflammable General Purpose Flux Remover – Flux Remover C (#MCC-FRC) delivers good results as well.The UltraClean™ products is a radically different cleaning formulation…

Benchtop cleaning fluids must meet a number of criteria to make them viable choices for workers to use. Worker safety is the paramount issue, topping all others. A proposed cleaner must have exceptionally good toxicity profiles due and preferably with no flashpoint. MicroCare offers a number of nonflammable choices which will help you lower costs and…

The TriggerGrip™ cleaning system is an inexpensive tool that is used to clean printed circuit boards at the benchtop. Based on decades of satisfied customers, MicroCare can justifiably claim this is the single best way to clean PCBs during rework and repair. It helps companies get their boards cleaner, faster, more safely and at lower…

Let's assume your people are cleaning PCBs or stencils by hand. Try this three-step process to improve worker safety.Check the VentilationFirst and foremost, you must make sure your work areas are properly ventilated. How do we define 'properly ventilated'? If you lit a cigarette in the work area, would the smoke from your cigarette rise…

Some PCB makers are using the dip-and-brush method to clean circuit boards during rework and repair. However this process doesn't allow you to easily rinse contamination off the PCBs after they are scrubbed.Other companies use high-pressure aerosols to blast the contamination off the board, but that often wastes cleaning fluid due to overspray.At MicroCare, we think…

'Hygroscopic' is a chemical term which describes a behavior of certain chemicals. Hygroscopic chemicals absorb water; they love water. They want to pick up water molecules out of the air. Normal isopropyl alcohol (IPA, or rubbing alcohol) is infinitely hygroscopic.Why is that important? Because solvents which carry water as a contaminant generally are weaker and…