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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] removing toner?

From: Paul Mateer <paul.aa9gg@...>
Date: 2010-08-11

my toner is VERY HARD, not brittle! I'll try acetone

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Slavko Kocjancic <eslavko@...> wrote:
> Alessio Sangalli pravi:
>>
>> For who removes it "mechanically": come on, how can you risk to damage
>> small traces on your board, and put several minutes of effort when there
>> is a simple alternative like passing a cloth ONE TIME on each side of
>> the PCB?
>>
>> bye
>> as
>>
>>
> Something is wrong here.
> I remove it mechanicaly and board 10cm X 8cm take 20-30 second to remove
> all toner!
> And till now I didn't destroy any board and near all board have SMD
> chips with 0.65mm distance within pins and all 8 mils (0.2mm) stay on board.
> Maybe that is problem with FR2 but I use CEM3 and FR4 boards.
> And just use metal mesh for cleaning pans in kitchen (don't know the
> english name).
> ... just rubb under little (cold) water flow.
>
> ... and this doesn't stink. Wel acetone maybe doesn't stink for someone
> but breathing this is still not good idea.
>
> Slavko.
>
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