Homebrew PCBs

PHil, Your Da MAN!

Well, i thought id give this TT one last try then it was over to UV

took a trip to Staples and maplin, got the "Everyday" HP Photo Paper, 
its semi gloss and a cheap laminator from Maplins £29, not the one 
that's on offer right now for £10.

Got home not expecting too much and quickly ran through a test board. 
Not really cleaning the board or doing much prep.

The result  the best TT board i have done to date! this board has 
10mil tracks and 10mil spacing, the tracks are solid and the spaces 
look a mile wide!!!!

The only thing i have to say about it , is that it does need quite a 
soak in warm water, once soaked, ALL the paper came right off the 
board no problems. The large filled areas could also be a bit darker. 
But this is the closest to a perfest board i have come to.

THANKS again PHIll, you saved me from the horrid chemicals.


Gary

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Philip Pemberton <ygroups@...> 
wrote:
>
> roger lucas wrote:
> > I too have a pack of Staples Poo, I gave up TT after
> > this fiasco. I never thought to use it in an inkjet.
> 
> Well, you won't be able to TT with it, but at least you'll be able 
to print on 
> it in some way...
> The old Staples "130g/m2 Inkjet GLOSS paper" is fairly good, but 
all the stock 
> has gone AFAICT.
> 
> HP C1847A "HP Photo Paper" (aka Q5437A) is the best - again, if you 
can find 
> some - it's been out of production for a few years. Toner sticks 
well, and the 
> paper floats right off. Q2510A ("Everyday" HP Photo Paper) is the 
new stuff, 
> but I find the toner doesn't stick as well, so you sometimes get 
gaps. You 
> don't usually get fluff stuck to the page though :)
> 
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