[sdiy] conductive plating - was: conductive rubber layer on PCBs??

[harrybissell]

YUCK...  'tin' plating

I would think you'd have about the same shelf life as bare copper...
and then things would get really worse.

electroless tin plating (the most common diy method) will probably
last six months then be impossible to remove or improve. imho

I'd solder plate first. Thats really diy eh ???   :^P

H^) harry

creekree at gmx.de wrote:
> 
> aaaah... i KNEW the answer would be obvious. of course - tin plating!
> 
> well, mystery solved, case closed. thanks!
> 
> creekree
> 
> René Schmitz wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > creekree at gmx.de wrote:
> >
> >> gold plate the pcb? now THAT would go great with the ivory case and
> >> the diamond knobs!
> >> no seriously,  i didnt have any luck finding something to rub-on a
> >> gold plating or whatever conductive yet non-corrosive materials exist.
> >>
> >> come on guys, this is SDIY!
> >> someone must have already done this - the solution to the problem is
> >> probably so obvious that i dont see it...
> >
> >
> > The black coating you sometimes see consists of graphite. The question
> > would be how to make it stick.... Graphite spray?!
> >
> > Probably the easiest would be simply to tin plate the contacts. Thats
> > what I've also seen with rubber keys.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >  René
> >