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From: "crankorgan" <john@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:15 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Don't use paper towels


>
> After you clean up your copper surfaces don't use a paper towel on
> the copper. Air dry the copper. I was told if you rub the board with a
> paper towel it leaves a coating. I think he said it was some kind of
> silica? Maybe somebody he knows?

Silicone oil, perhaps. It used to be used on the fuser roller in some Xerox
copiers. Don't get it in your eyes, it makes them sore for several hours
(speaking from experience).

Leon
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