Thanks for the answers...I thought it was something you could do at
home but I guess not. What does one use to protect the copper when
your finished with the board? Tinning?
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Adam Seychell
<a_seychell@y...> wrote:
> Bob Weiss wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anyone know what they use on PCB's to give that green
coating
> > that they then apply silkscreening to? Can this be purchased? IF
so
> > where? What are the benefits to using this?
> >
> >
>
> Google: "soldermask"
>
>
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/about/additionalproducts/collinsprintedcircuits/page1823.html
>
> Normally applied as a film and exposed/developed much like etch
resists
> except this stuff never comes off. Older methods would silk screen
> soldermasks, newer methods use Inkjet technology to print directly.