removing unwated silk screen layer in an area on PCB

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Hi folks,

I made a mistake and and covered an pad area with that thin layer of green silk screen. Is there any way to cleanly remove the layer of silkscreen from affected area? Thanks

Regards,

smdfan

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I think you are referring to green solder mask. I would have expected your PCB software to not put mask or silkscreen over pads.

I added an SMT resistor between a trace and copper pour that were covered with solder mask by scraping with a single-edged razor blade. I did not do a slicing action, but a scraping action mostly. Tin the scraped area after scraping.

An Exacto knife might be your tool of choice.

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Get an exacto knife and scrape at it - it will flake off with enough work.

Make sure to tin it as soon as possible after being exposed or the copper will oxidize and make any soldering much harder.

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I use a scalpel for that sort of thing.