Homebrew PCBs

Hi Guys
My technique on small one off boards is to use a used piece desoldering wick and push it over the tracks with a soldering iron

Craig

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: awakephd 
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 1:17 PM
  Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: TT results - HP 2015, HP Laser Glossy paper, GBC 2130, HCl + H2O2, hotplate


    
  Piers, I am using plain old rosin-core solder from Radio Shack -- nothing fancy. I'm using a small "flux brush" to brush on the flux and to brush the solder around -- I picked up a package of 20 or so on sale cheap at Harbor Freight. At the end I am also wiping it with some paper towel.

  My technique is still developing, but on this board, I put the bare board on the hot plate; I brushed flux on the whole board (I have a pint container full of rosin flux that I picked up from a yard sale); I cut some snips of solder and scattered them on the board. When they start melting, I brush the molten solder over every bit of copper.

  Undoubtedly the liquid tin stuff would be a whole lot faster and easier, but this does seem to work for me for the moment. Hopefully you will improve on my technique and let me know how! :)

  Andy

  --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Piers Goodhew <piers@...> wrote:
  >
  > What sort of solder are we talking? Paste, "normal" resin-core wire, or somethig else?
  > 
  > What are you brushing it (excess solder) off with? I have never satisfactorily tinned a whole board yet.
  > 
  > PG
  > 
  > On 07/02/2010, at 6:33 AM, awakephd wrote:
  > 
  > > Some followup --
  > > 
  > > I made a board last night, and etched, drilled, and tinned it this morning. The process was the same as described below, except I managed to regulate the temperature on the hot plate much better. Here is the new board:
  > > 
  > > http://home.earthlink.net/~a_wake/tt_test_board2.jpg
  > > 
  > > and here it is in comparison to the over-cooked board from yesterday:
  >



  

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