On Monday 27 December 2004 08:48 pm, Thomas P. Gootee wrote:
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>
> Everyone,
>
> I have finally found a GREAT way to remove the "Staples Picture Paper"
> paper-residue from a pcboard, after doing the toner transfer step!
>
> Now I just hope that I can identify what this material IS, that works so
> well.
>
> I am using a type of handmade kitchen scrubbing pad, purchased a long time
> ago through one of my old software customers, which was made by a blind
> woman whom my customer knew.
>
> At the time it was purchased, my wife was still alive. So she is actually
> the one who purchased these. However, I was present and did hear my
> customer and my wife talking about them. And I DO remember that they said
> that they were either MADE OF something called "Crinolin", or, were made of
> something LIKE something called Crinolin. And I am not sure of the
> spelling of the word "Crinolin". I also SEEM to recall hearing them say
> something about how crinolin might have been the material (or LIKE the
> material) that was used to make womens' old-fashioned petticoats!
>
> It appears to be a very-loosely-woven, somewhat-rough, slightly-stiff type
> of fabric. In my case, the stuff used to make the scrubbing pad may even
> have been shaped more like yarn, as if it came on a roll instead of in a
> sheet, and was then just "woven" and/or knitted (or something) into the
> shape of a scrubbing pad.
>
> But, anyway: This thing works GREAT!!!! Once the top layers of paper have
> been removed, I can use this pad to COMPLETELY clean off a 4" x 6" board in
> about 30 seconds, INCLUDING all of the drill holes and small spaces, with
> very little EFFORT!!
>
> I had gotten very proficient at using a toothbrush, for this step. And
> this pad does the job in much less than 1/10th the time, with much less
> than 1/10th the effort.
>
> Notes:
>
> The material does feel slightly abrasive. HOWEVER, I could NOT get it to
> scratch the copper, even when pressing fairly hard.
>
> I will email my old customer, to verify with her what the pad is actually
> made from. If I find out anything more than "crinolin", I will post it,
> here.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Gootee
>
> http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg
I mentioned this to my other half, along with filling in some of the
background on what all you guys were trying to do, and she said, if you
want to find some of that material, just go to any "retro" clothing store--
that they oughta be able to fix you right up. She also said something about
"transfer paper" being available at the majorly large craft stores
("Michael's" being one around here), I dunno if that has been considered or
not, though she did say it was expensive.
Hope this helps...