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Subject: RE: DIY Soldermask

From: <twgray2007@...>
Date: 2013-09-21

Don't mistake this for soldermask.  It will protect the traces and solderpoints from corrosion and moisture, after all the soldering is completed, but it will not act as a soldermask, in that the heat from the soldering iron evaporates the paint.   I got really excited about using this a few years ago, then really disappointed in the outcome. 


The best stuff I have found for soldermask is the Dynamask, found on ebay...verrrry expensive, and the UV Curable Ink, also found on ebay...pretty cheap and in several colors.



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, <homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Interesting DIY PCB protection/soldermask featured on Hack a Day,

http://www.digitalunderpants.com/polyurethane-for-protecting-one-off-pcbs/