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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Standard inkjet inks for etch resist? -[OT]

From: pebo festus <mebo31@...>
Date: 2004-02-14

i have tryed the regular ink, its got alcohal and
glycerine added to water and color pigments. the ink
dont dry enough to make it water resistant. glycerine
doesnt set up or dry out, even tryed to bake it. the
boiling point is somewhere around 500 deg f. would
ruin the board. just my 2 cents. am looking at acrylic
black paint mixed with windex and a touch of glycol.
(glycol to keep the jet holes from drying out and
stopping up.)THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY.
mebo



--- wheedal99 <wheedal@...> wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil"
> > each to his own. some people dont want printers
> cluttering up
> their
> > house.
>
> Hehe, you sound like my wife. Until recently, I
> found it just as
> cheap to buy a new (last years model lexmark/HP)
> printer (inkjet) as
> it was to buy new color cartridges. The cannon
> inkjet carts can be
> had for pretty cheap online now; so I've slowed down
> on printer
> purchases.
>
> My laser printer is still the same one I've used for
> the last 6
> years --just finishing my 2nd cartridge after a
> ∗lot∗ of use. I
> think you can get into a laser printer pretty cheap
> these days. I've
> seen HP 6L's and the like at the thrift shops for
> $10-$25; however
> most of the cartridges are empty so you'd be close
> to $50 - $60 to
> get a usable unit. However, Office Max - Staples -
> Office Depot has
> a sale/rebate offer on the low end minolta / samsung
> printers almost
> every other week --~$80 after mail in rebates for
> 1200dpi (but
> usually with half-filled cartridges). I still
> haven't bit on that
> yet --maybe after this 5L of mine finally spends its
> cartridge.
>
> All that said, I'm not sure the wet ink/toner trick
> would work very
> well. Most inkjet inks are designed to setup and
> dry very quickly.
>
> Maybe something along the lines of direct inkjet
> resist thread --
> diluted floor wax? --Anyone come up with something
> workable? I've
> got a few printers that could be sacrificed on the
> alter of
> science. --too bad the print heads dry up so fast.
>
>
>
>
>


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