On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:43:17 +0100, Roland Harriston <
rolohar@...>
wrote:
> I think what I would strive for would be a glossy, clay coated paper that
> is not heavy stock like most inkjet papers. Some inkjet papers a nearly
> as thick as card stock.......tough to dissolve, requiring scrubbing.
> I think I would like to have a thinner stock, something like that used
> for
> Time magazine, catalogs, and others. The reason for going to a thinner
> stock is that
> it would dissolve much faster and easier than the thicker stock used for
> inkjet paper.
> So, that's why I suggested trying to get some "Time magazine"
> type paper from a local printing establishment.
Yes, thinner is better. But some photo papers are barely thicker than
regular copy paper (100g/sqm compared to 80g/sqm), and i'm not sure much
thinner paper is good with feeding and distortion and stuff. Taking the
bulk thickness of paper away takes only a few seconds if you roll it off.
You can speed up soaking by giving it a brush with a brass wire brush
(after transfer), that breaks the surface. It seems to me the surface is
what takes long to soak through. If you only make a few scratches and dunk
it you can see how the paper goes dark around the scratches.
> Unfortunately, there are no big-scale printing houses in my
> immediate area. We once had a large Alpha Graphics operation
> here, but they moved out due to lack of business.
Same here. I remember we got huge blocks of paper out of the dumpster when
we were children. Could've made a life's worth of TT with a single dive in
the dumpster i reckon, if it was the right paper, the cutoffs were more
than plenty large for PCBs.
Maybe if someone has a printer nearby he oughta check the dumpsters!
Can't hurt to try, but i wouldn't put too much effort into it, since the
paper store stuff is just fine. Cutting the sheets in half makes it a bit
cheaper.
ST