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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Still getting broken traces.

From: "Herbert E. Plett" <cachureos@...>
Date: 2006-07-24

--- sethkoster <sethkoster@...> wrote:

>
> I'm still having trouble getting really nice transfers, I've seen some
> of the pics here so I know that it is possible to get very clean,
> solid traces. My minimum trace width is 10 thou and my maximum is 50
> thou, with most traces being 25 thou. Strangely, the breaks are
> almost all on the 25 thou traces with a few on the 50 thou traces.
> The 10 thou traces usually come out very nicely. When I'm prepping
> the board:
>...
> When the paper mostly slides off I take out the board.
>
> Any ideas why I am still getting broken traces?

hard to tell as you don't mention when you notice the gaps.
at first I would suspect too low temperature of transfer.
1) have you checked on the quality of the print. is it good. does it rub off.
any gaps?
2) when the paper slides off the board, is it nicely clean? no black spots
left?
3) have you tried re-fusing the board after paper removal?





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