A sponge really works good for cleaning up the paper residue. Being
soft, it does grab the wet paper, yet does not abrade away the
toner.
Chris
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "kilocycles" <kilocycles@...>
wrote:
>
> I have a pack of the 4x6 Canon paper, and I'll give it a try with
the
> Brother. I tried Epson Glossy Inkjet paper, and it did leave the
> paper surface beteewn the tracks; otherwiae not too bad.
>
> Ted
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "thomascouey" <tcouey@>
wrote:
> >
> > I have the exact same printer, just bought it a few weeks ago
> > explicitly for the purposes of toner transfer (and it was dirt
cheap).
> > My first attempt failed, but it had nothing to do with the
printer.
> > All the instructions floating around say to stick the hot board
into a
> > cold or warm water bath immediately. I found that when I do
this, the
> > paper bubbles and pulls the toner off of the board while it's
still
> > soft. On my second and subsequent attempts, I allowed the board
to
> > cool for a couple of minutes before putting it in the water and
it
> > worked perfectly. Every board I've made since the first has
come out
> > great. I have tried several photo papers, and while I'm
confident
> > that the staples brand should work (based on other peoples
> > experiences), I've been using Canon Photo Paper Pro. It's one
of the
> > most expensive photo papers around, I use it for high quality
photo
> > prints, but it works great for toner transfer too. The 4x6
sheets run
> > about 40-50 cents a piece though.
>
> ---snip---
>