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Subject: Re: new ways to make a pcb

From: "wheedal99" <wheedal@...>
Date: 2003-08-28

Actually I found that a light color background actually works
slightly better than straight black and white pages. The toner seems
to embed itself slightly less into the paper and as a result the
paper backing comes off leaving less pulp in denser toner areas. I
use a laminator so I haven't noticed any bubbling like that. If the
paper has been setting around for a while (soaking up moisture)
sometimes it can react differently. Most of the time I use fresh
trade magazines that they keep sending me, so they haven't been on my
desk long...

Sorry to interject; I've just had a couple of people ask me about the
magazine stock I've been using the last couple of days.

(David Adrian)
check the links/toner_transfer section on the homebrew_PCBs website.
also visit mine:
http://myweb.cableone.net/wheedal/pcb.htm
Feel free to fire off questions/critisisms to me on what you find
there.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:

> One of the guys in this list mentioned using magazine pages. the
> shiny paper is made with bits of clay so it will not let teh toner
> sink in too deep.
>
> the less color printing on the page, the better as large sections
of
> colors will bubble from the heat.