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Subject: Re: inkjet printing

From: "lcdpublishing" <lcdpublishing@...>
Date: 2006-07-18

That is just so strange. Volkan is indeed demonstrating that he is
a crafty fellow! Brake fluid, what the heck! For a wetting agent,
that would have been the last thing I would have tried.

As another possiblity for a wetting agent, if someone out there is
trying this and wears contact lenses, I believe one of the chemicals
used to clean or rinse them is a wetting agent. It's been nearly 40
years since I tried wearing contacts and for some reason I
remembered this information about them.

Brake fluid - I am going to be pondering that one for a while!

Chris



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> Volkan, the breaking fluid indeed works!
> I'm amazed, and stumped how you worked that one out.
>
> No more puddling at all - looks great. Now i hope the breaking
fluid will
> not hamper curing or etching - but i don't expect since everything
you
> suggest seems to work ;-)
>
> Test PCB next. Hopefully this time it finally works.
>
> ST
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:28:55 +0200, Volkan Sahin <vsahin@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Stefan,
> > I saw some puddling when the board is not clean enough and to
avoid it
> > I used wetting agent. I just did a few tests it worked for me.
> > I used automobile break fluid as a wetting agent. Coat cleaned
pcb with
> > very thin film of break fluid and wipe it several times
completely with
> > paper towel. Set printer to minimum ink amount and then print.
> > Volkan
>