---
title: "Soldermask as an air freshener"
description: "While testing my Toaster Oven's maximum temperature I learned a valuable lesson. Soldermask has a pretty limited lifetime when it is exposed to temperatures above 250C. Looks…"
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/soldermask-as-an-air-freshener.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2012-06-17T04:39:08Z"
lastmod: "2015-03-24T17:47:57Z"
image: "https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/7383759806_1b905202ef.jpg"
categories: ["toaster-reflow"]
tags: ["reflow","solder","soldermask"]
---

# Soldermask as an air freshener


While testing my Toaster Oven's maximum temperature I learned a valuable lesson. Soldermask has a pretty limited lifetime when it is exposed to temperatures above 250C. Looks like I need to spend some time building a temperature profile and not just brute forcing.

Build description here:  [Open Vapors Reflow Oven Controller Project Page](/tutorials/reflow-oven/ "Reflow Oven")