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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Potentially stupid or brilliant idea

2008-12-13 by Russell Shaw

mdgolfbum wrote:
> Any particular power setting or just on full? How long do you have it 
> in for?

Leave on full for 1 minute or less, so that it's hot but not boiling.

> Any particular issues with how much copper is left on the board, i.e. 
> is there a problem with a full ground plane or ground pour?

No. As long as there's 2-3mm of liquid over the pcb, any resonances in
the copper are sufficiently damped by the liquid conductivity that there's
no problem with HV arcing.

The resist doesn't strip straight away. I take the tray out and rock it
for some agitation and the resist starts coming off a minute later.
Turn the pcb over to do the other side too.

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