It's strange, I was ready to buy press n peel blue for £15 here in
the UK. My only worry was my printer, I first but the magazine paper
through with the printer set on maximum dark and transparency which
dumps to most toner on the page. When i printed a circuit, there was
too much toner and it was peeling off in fine threads like hot glue.
It was a good job that i used a backing sheet of normal paper which
caught the excess and cleaned the fuser as it passed through.
This last attempt I made used the printer on normal and only edges of
the traces had slight pitting and fingernail scratching on the copper
only removed small parts of the toner as one would expect.
Another magazine came for my mum so i have another load of pages for
circuits etc.
The only part that is annoying is having to clean the toner off and
scrubbing the copper clean...some mention acetone, is it really the
best thing for removing toner and cleaning the copper??
I find that IPA does work but it needs a bit of scrubbing...
PK
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Robert Hedan <robert.hedan@...>
wrote:
> So am I. I've been using the Pulsar paper until now, but their
recent
> switch to an improved version leaves much to be desired. The
advantages of
> using the Pulsar paper are now practically all gone; the last
remaining
> advantage is how easily the paper slips off the PCB when dipped in
water.
> As for the rest of the process, it's just about the same as using
ordinary
> photo paper, which costs TONS less.
>
> I'm pretty sure I still have my old Penthouse and Playboy
collection.
> Somehow I doubt the wife will be disappointed in seeing me start
tearing at
> them. I have a few PCBs that are unfinished; I will most likely
remove the
> toner and test using magazine paper.
>
> Robert
> :)
>