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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Plating thru holes... electroplating question....

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-06-03

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:06:59 +0200, Tony Harris <kg4wfx@...> wrote:

> Ok, next stupid question...
> Let's say I drill all my holes, and plate.
> Now I take it to etching - how do I protect my thruholes from being
> etched away? Also, if I am doing toner transfer, do I
> transfer the toner - drill - plate then etch?
> -Tony


You must laminate dry film resist, it tents the holes.
TT and THP could perhaps be done by plating tin as resist over the copper,
but i dunno if negative TT and plating in the "gaps" works well.

ST