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Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Using Silk Screen Emulsion for PCB making

From: "Brian Thorp" <life2death_sbc@...>
Date: 2009-06-22

The emulsion is between the theads... the screen is what holds it
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Date: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:20 am
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Using Silk Screen Emulsion for PCB making
From: "aurangzebhaque" <aurangzebhaque@...>

Hi everyone,

I wonder if it is possible to use the photo sensitive Emulsion used in the silk screen making process directly on the blank PCB copper surface. I realize that in the silk screen process there is the silk mesh in which the emulsion gets trapped and then hardens to form the "screen". The idea that I would like to test is whether:

1.Will the emulsion initially stick to the copper surface?
2.Will a screen be formed on the copper surface as it does in the case of the silk screening process?

Any comments most appreciated.

Thanks and regards

Aurangzeb