[sdiy] Datek paper / press-n-peel

[Tom Arnold]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 02:51:17PM -0500, R. Drake wrote:
> i just got a batch of the Datek paper, and i'm not having much luck so far.
> temperature/pressure seem to be the issues.  after a couple of failures with
> the iron, i just tried building a sandwich with of 1/8" aluminum plates with
> the PC board & transfer paper in between.  preheated the plates in a 350deg
> oven, then clamped the sandwich w/ c-clamps, cooked the whole thing for 10
> minutes.  about 1/2 the traces on a 2"x7" board transfered.

When I'm doing Datek now, I get my etchant set up, I photocopy the layout onto
Datek paper at Kinko's ( we have a color laser printer that uses less then
compatible toner ), then I wash my bare copper board real good and dunk it in
the etchant for about 10 seconds.  When it comes out, its that nice bright
pink of really clean copper.  a quick rinse and drying and then I've been
using a regular iron to apply the Datek paper.  This limits me to a small
boardsize because of heating, but thats been okay for the moment.  I dont think
the Datek people have stressed enough how clean the board needs to be.

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