Homebrew PCBs

It's strange, I was ready to buy press n peel blue for £15 here in 
the UK. My only worry was my printer, I first but the magazine paper 
through with the printer set on maximum dark and transparency which 
dumps to most toner on the page. When i printed a circuit, there was 
too much toner and it was peeling off in fine threads like hot glue. 
It was a good job that i used a backing sheet of normal paper which 
caught the excess and cleaned the fuser as it passed through.

This last attempt I made used the printer on normal and only edges of 
the traces had slight pitting and fingernail scratching on the copper 
only removed small parts of the toner as one would expect. 
Another magazine came for my mum so i have another load of pages for 
circuits etc.

The only part that is annoying is having to clean the toner off and 
scrubbing the copper clean...some mention acetone, is it really the 
best thing for removing toner and cleaning the copper??
I find that IPA does work but it needs a bit of scrubbing...

PK

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Robert Hedan <robert.hedan@...> 
wrote:

> So am I.  I've been using the Pulsar paper until now, but their 
recent
> switch to an improved version leaves much to be desired.  The 
advantages of
> using the Pulsar paper are now practically all gone; the last 
remaining
> advantage is how easily the paper slips off the PCB when dipped in 
water.
> As for the rest of the process, it's just about the same as using 
ordinary
> photo paper, which costs TONS less.
> 
> I'm pretty sure I still have my old Penthouse and Playboy 
collection.
> Somehow I doubt the wife will be disappointed in seeing me start 
tearing at
> them.  I have a few PCBs that are unfinished; I will most likely 
remove the
> toner and test using magazine paper.
> 
> Robert
> :)
>