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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: ¿Kinsten electroless t hrough hole plating?

From: fana cute <fan_nastelroy@...>
Date: 2008-11-21

can anybody place the video at the gruops, btw i can't access that video at youtube
thanks

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Herbert E. Plett <cachureos@...> wrote:
From: Herbert E. Plett <cachureos@...>
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: ¿Kinsten electroless through hole plating?
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:56 PM











> Two main drawbacks I see are:

> ∗ The hole plating thickness will be thin and not suitable

> for high

> current PCBs.

> ∗ Nickel salts are quite toxic compared to copper salts.

> ∗ Electroless baths are inherently unstable so they might

> not be good

> for hobbyists who use them once a month or so. Hope someone

> can prove me

> wrong here.

>



the products seem to be pretty safe, judging from the non protection the guy works with and the non care of dumping the washings...

or the guy at Kinsten is a careless clown (?!)



hope the contact with the factory gives good news!





























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