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Subject: Re: Paper won't come off...was:Gerber to Laser Printer How???

From: "Phil" <phil1960us@...>
Date: 2004-11-10

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "gettingalongwouldbenice"
<gettingalongwouldbenice@y...> wrote:
...
>
> Seems like the thing to do would be to put some conformal material
between the iron and board to even out the pressure.
> High temperature thin rubber sheet?

Try children's construction paper. I'd forget the hot peel for resist
- too much of the toner will stay with the paper.

You are doing a pretty challenging board for TT. I've got a TQFP test
case somewhere that I'll dig up and try. When I used heavily coated
paper, I got too much trace bloom for it to work but with the inkjet
paper, it ought to do ok.

>
> Had another thought. What about a thin sheet of teflon.
> Print the image on that. Teflon oughta peel right off.

interesting. might even be reusable... I like the way you think.
Basically, the goal is to increase the copper/toner adhesion and/or
decrease the paper/toner adhesion.