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ChipQuik - A joke, or actual a useful product?
eTobey:
I found this Silicone:
http://www.chipquik.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=495011
The description is at one point so useless, that i doubt, that this product is useable at all.
Highlighting materials that never appear in electronics, but at the same time putting those materials that are often used in electronics and that have also some major differences in their adhesion properties into one word?
I would not mind is this product would have been pretty cheap...
Anyone knows a good source of what glue to use for different tasks and where to get it for electronics?
ebastler:
Not sure what your problem is with this product. Silicone sticks to different materials; some of them are commonly used in electronics, some are not. So what?
Whether the Chipquick stuff is much better than the silicone you can buy at the local DIY store, I don't know. But I don't have reason to doubt the claims in the product description.
jpanhalt:
If you want a label for a neutral cure silicone specially made for your electronic product, 3M can probably do that for you: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/about-3m/research-development/
tooki:
--- Quote from: eTobey on May 12, 2023, 08:01:30 am ---I found this Silicone:
http://www.chipquik.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=495011
The description is at one point so useless, that i doubt, that this product is useable at all.
Highlighting materials that never appear in electronics, but at the same time putting those materials that are often used in electronics and that have also some major differences in their adhesion properties into one word?
I would not mind is this product would have been pretty cheap...
Anyone knows a good source of what glue to use for different tasks and where to get it for electronics?
--- End quote ---
If you look at the product category, you’ll see that it consists of two products: one electronics grade silicone that’s expressly safe for electronics, and this one, the industrial grade silicone, which “bonds to a wider variety of substances”.
So… maybe instead of instant outrage, you might try looking at context in the future, as it often provides the information you need.
(Though I freely admit that as a company, chipquik sucks at product descriptions. For example, good luck figuring out why you should choose a particular one of their many soldering fluxes over another one with practically identical specs and description. And no, they didn’t respond to my email when I asked…)
thm_w:
It looks like the only difference between the chipquik electronics and industrial grade, is the viscosity:
Viscosity: 10.9 x 10^3 mPa.s (Malcom @ 10 RPM/25C) industrial self leveling
Viscosity: 22.4 x 10^3 mPa.s (Malcom @ 10 RPM/25C) electronics self leveling
Then the regular "electronics" grade stuff they don't even give you the viscosity of it.
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