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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] does tin etch with copper ?

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-03-27

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:50:06 +0200, matt clement <buckeyes1997@...>
wrote:

> I saw a process used by a fab house and they used a negative photo
>
> resist and then tin coated the board. The tin only stuck to the
>
> places that had the bare copper. Then the board was chemically etched
>
> and the tin protects the copper. Would we possibly be able to come up
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> with a similar system of printing a negative image and then tin
>
> plating before etching? The toner would probably melt when you tried
>
> to tin the board with an iron, but maybe a chemical plating process?
>
>
> Does anyone know for sure if tin etches away with FeCl? I might have
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> to try it at lunch...haha.
>
>
> matt
>


I'm not sure about FeCl, those tin resist baths are usually Sulphuric acid
/ peroxyde i think.
You could do things that way, but why do you want to?

ST