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Eddie,
I'm new to etching too, so I am going to ask a naive question.

The link you provided looks like the tin plating takes place PRIOR to etching.

I thought the tin plating took place AFTER etching.

I believe Steven's solution of using rosin flux and alcohol is meant to be used after the etching process(I think).

I'm a little confused with the timing. When is tinning meant to take place?

Thanks.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Eddie Stassen <eddie@...> wrote:
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> Giuseppe wrote:
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> > As the subject....how to plate the etched pcb? liquid alloy?
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> I came across this method of electro tin plating recently:
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> http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http://www.py2bbs.qsl.br/banho_estanho.php&langpair=pt|en
> <http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http://www.py2bbs.qsl.br/banho_estanho.php&langpair=pt%7Cen>
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> (The site is in Portuguese, but Google does a fair job with the
> translation). Has anyone tried this?
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