Homebrew PCBs

If I recall correctly, the finish on most "glossy" paper is a kind
of clay that is applied and then run through a series of "polishing"
rollers.

Roland F. Harriston
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Stefan Trethan wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:13:59 +0100, Torin Walker <torinwalker@...>  
> wrote:
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>> It would be interesting to try to create a home-made version of that  
>> "shiny" coating. What chemicals can you think of that would allow one to  
>> coat an ordinary piece of laser-printer paper so that one could print on  
>> it, and dissolve the bond between the toner and the paper with ordinary  
>> water?
>> I was imagining a water-soluable shellac, of sorts. My brother is into  
>> chemistry. I'll ask him.
>> Perhaps we can save on the paper. The film is dirt cheap - 8" x 15' for  
>> $8.99. The paper is the killer.
>> Torin...
>>     
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> Just use inkjet photo paper. It is the easiest, cheapest option people  
> have found.
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> Several coatings were tried, starch and stuff, i do not remember how those  
> turned out exactly (not spectacular or i would remember). I personally  
> have very good results with high temperature silicone, but there is a  
> problem, the result will "etch through" in places. I do not know why, but  
> one reason may be that the silicone does not add any paper residue, like  
> the papers do. It is great for component legend though because it leaves a  
> jet black toner image with no annoying grey residue, and of course you can  
> just pull it off the PCB without any water involved (you can even re-use  
> it if you like).
>
> Anyway, the coatings are interesting and all, but nothing (i know of) was  
> found that delivers better results than inkjet papers.
>
> ST
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