Newbie needs help!! 3000 with acid damage..

[KapitanKlystron]

The previous tip about the baking soda is righton target. After the baking soda clean the board with alcohol or some sort of contact cleaner. Not tuner cleaner as it has a lubricant. The coating on the board ( called a conformal coating) is either polyurethane or an epoxy resin. If you want to recoat  there are conformal coatings in spray cans available from electronics supply houses.  I repair boards regularly without replacing the coating though.

Hope that helps.

[KapitanKlystron]

@N7VQM

You are right about that I took a look at my A2000 motherboard and It was not coated. I guess force of habit from working on military and industrial  circuit cards.  Your'e right about coatings making repairs a pain. Sometimes you spend more time removing and replacing coatings than resoldering. :-)