Homebrew PCBs

I too have a pack of Staples Poo, I gave up TT after
this fiasco. I never thought to use it in an inkjet.

Thanks for the info Philip, I'll have another try with
the HP Everyday.

Roger


--- Philip Pemberton <ygroups@...> wrote:

> Gary Hoyles wrote:
> > I dont have an inkjet printer so im suck with this
> poo now.
> > 
> > Anyway. i have to ask the question, does ant of
> the other stuff in staples work well ?
> > 
> > I got some cheep "Tesco's Blue Stripe" Photo
> Glossy Paper, you  know the value stuff, and it does
> work well, but only for board with wide spacings ,
> say 15 - 20 mil, as it leaves small stripes of paper
> in between the finer tracks. I have also used the
> stuff from the maplin catalogue, that works quite
> well, but still not so good on the finer tracks. I
> got this Staples stuff in the hope that it would
> make a great board as i am trying to make a single
> sided board that's need tracks of 10 mil and spacing
> of 10 mil, each time i have made this board i have
> had to get a knife and cut to separate some tracks,
> Its getting a pain, so hopefully somebody can shout
> out to me "he use this paper its great stuff" other
> wise its off to Maplin this weekend to get kitted up
> for UV.
> 
> OK, I don't have Mailtunnel set up on this machine,
> so I have no idea if 
> this message will even get through but...
> 
> 1) I posted to the list and updated the database a
> few months back 
> w.r.t. the Staples paper changing formulation. Yes,
> it's a plastic 
> coating - I also mentioned the "burn test" for
> testing the paper. 
> Basically you heat the paper with a gas lighter or
> heat gun and if it's 
> plastic coated it'll bubble before it burns. If it's
> paper (cellulose 
> fibre) it'll just burn.
> 
> 2) HP Everyday Photo Paper (Semigloss) is fairly
> good. You need to turn 
> the print density WAY up, but it literally floats
> off the PCB, leaving 
> almost no residue. As a bonus, because the coating
> dissolves so easily, 
> it doesn't pull the toner off. It's about \ufffd10 for a
> pack of 100 sheets, 
> but when I bought mine they (Staples) were doing a
> buy-one-get-one-free 
> offer on the stuff.
> 
> 3) Try it on a bit - take the Staples stuff back and
> just say "it 
> doesn't work in my printer" (which it doesn't). If
> they don't refund or 
> offer a credit note, ask if they'll exchange it for
> some of the HP stuff 
> if you pay the difference in price. For what it's
> worth, the new-formula 
> Staples photo paper is absolutely dire - it doesn't
> even work properly 
> in my Epson C64 inkjet. The HP stuff, OTOH, does...
> Read into that what 
> you will.
> Argos sell the stuff too: 
>
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&productId=559122
> I'll get the HP item code off my paper when I get
> home - I'm mooching 
> off the wifi at university at the moment...
> 
> 4) In general, semigloss papers are more likely to
> work for TT than 
> glossy papers. The old-formula Staples glossy used
> to leave bits of 
> coating inside pad drill holes, which was a pain to
> remove. I ended up 
> using a bradawl to remove it...
> 
> 5) Aim for something about as thick as the HP stuff.
> IIRC it's about 170gsm.
> 



		
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