Homebrew PCBs

A quick success story, and return of information to the group.

I am new to electronics as a hobby, and of course needed to be able to
produce PCB's. I just spent 3 days testing different papers and trying
to get a successful combination of my printers and paper. A number of
different papers, including the Staples paper recommended by some
postings here, all failed. Some miserably, others pinholes. (I also
tried parchment paper.) The good news, I have now made 3 perfect
boards at 10mil. The printer is an older HP 4L, and the successful
paper is "Epson Photo Quality Glossy Paper" #S041124 for Inkjets. The
paper just about falls off after 5 minutes in water, and leaves all,
repeat all, toner on the copper. I have not had a single dot of toner
stay on the paper yet.

If this helps anyone great.

Thanks to everyone in this group. I went back and read perhaps a
thousand messages in preparation for the experiments. The information
shared by all was incredibly helpful!!

Next steps are to try tinning with the paste reccomended by Derek.

Thanks, Mark