press-n-peel: any experiences?

[John Speth]

I recently used PNP blue to make a low density 2"x4" board just to test the 
process and incidentally get a board I could use.  I'd have to say that 
it's pretty damn good.  You'll have to experiment with the iron temp to get 
a good transfer but once that's done it's easy.  I've heard that some 
printers don't work as good as others but I didn't have that problem.  One 
thing I did was collect as much info from the web so I could get an idea of 
what tricks and pitfalls there are associated with the product.

I did have one problem: it seemed that as the iron was heating the film and 
board, the film would actually expand more than the board so that it would 
slip at the periphery of the part of the film that made the best contact. 
 And you DON"T want the film to ever slip while it is heating or cooling. 
 In my first couple of tries, this was a real problem but I was able to 
minimize it by adjusting the iron temp nad being very careful not to move 
the iron while heating.  I suppose this problem is worse for larger boards. 
 Maybe this problem can be over come.  Can any experienced users offer any 
advice on the expansion problem?  I think the iron step is the key step and 
the greatest care should be taken there.

John Speth
Object Engineering, Inc
mailto:johns at oei.com

On Sunday, October 10, 1999 6:51 AM, Paul Perry 
[SMTP:pfperry at melbpc.org.au] wrote:
> Keen to hear any experiences (good or bad).
> I've found Dynaart toner transfer paper in
> Australia, but not the p'n'p.
>
> paul perry Melbourne Australia
>