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Subject: Re: Yahoo- Etching is getting MUCH better...

From: "Phil" <phil1960us@...>
Date: 2005-09-09

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@y...> wrote:
> I did look over my traces after removing the toner, no pin holes
> that I could see with a loupe. To make sure i was getting a good
> look, I went outside where the sun is shining and looked again, very
> good, solid, copper traces. I don't know for sure if it is because
> of the transfer paper I used or the heat gun - flash over of the
> toner after transfer. Either way, three boards, no pin holes which
> for this cat is pretty darn exciting!
>
> Chris
>


That's good to know. The biggest issue for me with pinholing is on
large areas of resist like ground planes. I like to minimize the
amount of copper to remove - every area possible on my boards is
ground. I'm about to crank up a couple of boards so I will try it out.