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Flash-B-Gone
For Aluminum
Metallization/Evaporators
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KEY ATTRIBUTES
• Boron nitride coating is nonreactive with
metal flash shield areas due to its slightly alkaline pH.
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Applied like ordinary house paint; no curing is needed -- simply
allow to dry completely before placing into service.
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Coating is designed for good adherence during operation with minimal
outgassing.
• Coating and aluminum flash are easily removed
after the run by vacuum cleaning or mechanical means, leaving the
area free of aluminum and ready for the next “roll coating”
campaign.
• Aluminum flash will not
flake-off during run.
• Consistent,
uniform, quality coating with rapid delivery for all
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Flash-B-Gone is a specially
formulated, water-based, boron nitride paint that is easily applied
to metal shields and surfaces that get coated with aluminum during
vacuum metallization/ evaporator coating. There is no peeling
or flaking-off of the coating during aluminizing. At the end
of the “roll coating” process, Flash-B-Gone and the aluminum
overspray film are readily removed from the flash shields or
from any other parts/inner-workings of the vacuum evaporator
chamber. No heavy scraping/chiseling/hammering is needed to clean off the vacuum chamber and equipment parts in order to
ready it for the next roll to be aluminized.
USE NOTES
Flash-B-Gone is used for masking any areas where
unwanted aluminum adherence would normally occur:
-Flash Shields
-Chamber Walls
-Inner Components
Flash-B-Gone is easy-to-use, like ordinary housepaint
and can be cleaned up with water. |
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APPLICATION
INFORMATION
IMPORTANT –– FOR BEST RESULTS, DO NOT
DILUTE; USE FULL STRENGTH.
1. Resuspend the paint before use.
2. For first-time use, clean shield surfaces to be
painted of oils, dirt, scale, and loose materials.
3. Brush on a thin layer of paint. A second thin
coating may be applied but is generally not needed. [Note:
alternately, spray-coating with a pressurized air-sprayer can also
be done.]
4. Allow the brushed coating to become dry to the
touch before use.
5. Post-metallizing: minimal effort to remove the
coating and aluminum layer is needed. Flash-B-Gone is easily removed
with light wire-brushing and vacuum cleaning.
6. After first use, if desired, coating can be applied
on top of any residual boron nitride coating on shield surfaces
after the aluminum has been scraped off/removed. |
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