Well, true. But I believe you get a thinner, more consistent finish with this stuff. Here's a photo of the board I did.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2299/pcb006.jpg
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Scott C." <sparky3489@...> wrote:
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> It's just as easy to tin a PCB with solder and a knife soldering tip - http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j230/sparky3489/Project/100_3289.jpg
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> --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Paul Playford <paul@...> wrote:
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> From: Paul Playford <paul@...>
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Free bottle of Liquid Tin
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 11:24 PM
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> From: "hal91k" <chemistrypaul@ yahoo.com>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@ yahoogroups. com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Free bottle of Liquid Tin
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> > Hi Guys,
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> > Looking through my closet, I found a bottle of Liquid Tin from when I used
> > to print PCB's. I thought I sold everything, but I seem to have forgotten
> > about this. If you guys don't know what Liquid Tin is, it's a product used
> > to give a nice, shinny, silvery (well tin actually) surface to the copper
> > traces on the PCB. It reduces corrosion and makes your boards look a lot
> > better. I thought it did a decent job.
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> > http://www.mgchemic als.com/products /421.html
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> > Anyway, I barely used any and the bottle is still close to full. I'm
> > giving it away to whoever wants it, provided you pay shipping for it
> > (probably $2 to $4 max). Email me at chemistrypaul@ yahoo.com. Here is a
> > picture of the bottle.
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> > http://img11. imageshack. us/my.php? image=img0774m. jpg&via=yfrog
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> > Cheers,
> > Paul
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