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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] making vias (was: Re: Plating thruholes.)

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2004-08-17

> It looks like I'm going to be the one to save up £6 and nip down
> to Maplins some time (Farnell, RS etc are the same price). Quite a
> few people seem to have success using it for bridging clock divider
> pins on AMD processors, so I imagine thermal cycling (and fairly high
> temperature) isn't a problem for the modern stuff. In fact, according
> to the data sheets it seems that curing it at 85deg C or so gives a
> lower resistance.
>

I regularly use it to repair "printed" (unsolderable - on plastic) stuff
like
keyboards (i like to change key functions if they are not where i want
them).

I fixed my AMD by soldering the bridges, after seeing they can solder the
smd
caps i was sure i can do that too.

I still don't like the paint, it is ridiculously expensive.
I'm also not sure how it would be applied in a hole, and i doubt it
is faster than soldering a via.

ST