press-n-peel revisited

[Paul Perry]

At 08:30 AM 29/10/99 +0200, Ingo debus wrote:

>> The board must be **REALLY** clean to accept the toner. One person said
>> clean the board, then etch the blank board for a few minutes before
>> drying it and ironing on the p'n'p.
>
>Can it still be soldered then? I remember from my PCB-DIY days (long
>ago) that partly etched copper traces didn't accept any solder.
>
Well, you want to brush the board as a whole before soldering.
And you want to solder pretty soon after etching the board.

On this topic, and any other aspects of pcb making, I look for comments.

paul perry melb aust (a few hours before daylight saving)