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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Problem removing toner

From: kabowers@...
Date: 2011-01-29

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:47:47 -0000, you wrote:

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>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jan Kok <jan.kok.5y@...> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM, <kabowers@...> wrote:
>> > Try acetone in a shallow pan with just enough to cover
>> > the board. It strips the toner in seconds.  I had been
>> > wiping for years and recently tried the pan; no more
>> > wiping for me.
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>> Just curious, how is that better than wiping with a paper towel? Don't
>> you use more solvent that way and end up with a dirty pan?
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>> I use MEK (that's what I happen to have on hand) and a paper towel.
>> The first pass gets off most of the toner in seconds, and a second
>> pass cleans the board totally.
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>Are you using a recent vintage samsung with samsung toner?
>I'd guess you have an HP. FWIW to the other responders I
>tried acetone before trying MEK.
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>Xylene in goofoff I have not heard of. What is that?
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I am using an HP.

Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC