Abstract:
A process for applying a polyurethane gel composition for coating and encapsulating the electronic circuitry on a circuit board wherein the said composition consists essentially of an admixture of an elastomeric linear polyesterurethane of high molecular weight; a tetrahydrofuran intermediate monomer solvent and ethylene glycol monoethylether acetate, which composition is preferably sprayed over the object circuitry and onto the related electronic circuit board or other substrate as a vaporized gel of minute viscous globules which simultaneously forms a substantially uniform protective film over the substrate and encapsulates the circuit''s conduit and conduit terminals as well as other protrusions, including elements having sharp points, knife edges and the like. This prime coat is then dried and may be subsequently followed by one or more dip coatings which are formed by immersion of the dried workpiece into a mixture of polymethyl methacrylate with a copolymer of ethyl acrylate/methyl methylacrylate.