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Subject: Re: Silk Screen Printing overlays

From: "Bob_xyz" <bob_barr@...>
Date: 2005-09-23

Adam - What emulsion did you try and what was your etchant? I seem
to recall a discussion on this topic recently but I'm not sure any
conclusions came of it.

Ron - Thanks for all the info on screening.


Regards, Bob


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Adam Seychell
<a_seychell@y...> wrote:
> Thanks Ron the informative reply.
>
> Silkscreening a one off PCB is like I figured, lots of messing
around. I
> suspect it would add another hour to two of labor.
>
> I bought some silkscreen emulsion once, in a futile attempt to use
it as
> a liquid photoresist for etching PCBs. First, I could not get thin
even
> coatings, and 2nd the cured emulsion is not resistant to etchants
> (swells and lifts of copper). Just letting others no it ain't work.
>
> Adam
>