Has any one tried TT by using the backer sheets from lables? As a
quick experimant last night I printed onto the back sheet of an Avery
Mailing lable sheet (lables had been removed) the printer printed
onto the sheet, then ironed it on to a circuit board, and removed the
sheet while the image was still hot. The image transfered just fine
and the sheet looks to be resusable.
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 13:37:47 -0700, Terry Mickelson <tmdslca@t...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Firstly, I have a hot press and with some picture papers, 275
degrees
> > at 3 to 5 minutes seems to work reasonably well. Double sided
boards
> > are a problem to do because of the need to do both sides at once.
A
> > piece of double sided PC board is placed on the heat press's pad.
> > Next is a sheet of paper, then artwork, board, artwork, sheet of
> > paper, top of heat press. It works but the results are uneven and
not
> > repeatable. The major problem is a clean board and I've tried
> > everything except paint thinner, which is next. In the meantime a
UV
> > box was built but I haven't decided on a printer yet. Maybe an
Epson
> > C86 ? I just don't know.
> > T
>
>
> I do believe presses are a problem with unevenness.
>
> Get a old fuser unit or a laminator, it works well.
> Maybe some soft material in the press under the board might help
enough.
>
> cleaning the board: sand with 600 or 1000 grit paper, just enough
to get
> sanding marks everywhere. then wipe twice with alcohol or acetone
and a
> paper tissue, done.
>
> ST