I use 'Epson Photo Paper'
-glossy finish / heavy weight for cards and photos
with excellent results.
..put your iron at maximum (measured 225C)
..place a non heat conductive surface (hard cardboard) and one or two layers of
paper towel under the board
..place the board clean (I use pan scrubber) and dry copper side up
..place laser printed paper face down (and align as needed)
..place another paper towel on top (important!)
..place iron flat on top and let the whole heat up, don't move
..apply reasonable pressure and move somewhat because of the holes
..remove iron and towel and 'gently' scrub the edge of the iron along the more
important places to insure best point heating. sometimes I also use the (round)
tip of the iron along critical areas
..lift board and turn and repeat if double sided (the towel should yellow
slightly)
..now drop the (hot) board into a bowl with cold or warm water and let soak for
a couple of minutes
..carefully lift an edge slowly off and let the water in. sometimes the paper
will simply float off by itself
..with a medium toothbrush remove the 'white' remains (dry and re-wet as often
as needed), specially between tight traces and in holes
..look at the removed paper: no black dots should remain on it. if there are
any, you didn't use the iron tip properly or you soaked not long enough.
--- Lez <
lez.briddon@...> wrote:
> Last night I tried kodak gloss for TT with an old hp5l, copper was
> cleaned and polished, not very successful, it 'lifted' as the board
> cooled, no doubt as the board cooled and contracted a mm or so after
> the heat
>
> Where it stuck it was stuck, and quite thick, but it also had a lot of
> the papers gloss topcoat betwen tracks which had to removed carefully,
> and in fine areas was near impossible.
>
> Will try tonight with a longer press and less heat.
>
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