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Re: how homemade tinning?

2010-05-23 by Frank P

Eddie,
I'm new to etching too, so I am going to ask a naive question.

The link you provided looks like the tin plating takes place PRIOR to etching.

I thought the tin plating took place AFTER etching.

I believe Steven's solution of using rosin flux and alcohol is meant to be used after the etching process(I think).

I'm a little confused with the timing. When is tinning meant to take place?

Thanks. 

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Eddie Stassen <eddie@...> wrote:
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> Giuseppe wrote:
> >  
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> > As the subject....how to plate the etched pcb? liquid alloy?
> >
> I came across this method of electro tin plating recently:
> 
> http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http://www.py2bbs.qsl.br/banho_estanho.php&langpair=pt|en 
> <http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http://www.py2bbs.qsl.br/banho_estanho.php&langpair=pt%7Cen>
> 
> (The site is in Portuguese, but Google does a fair job with the 
> translation).  Has anyone tried this?
> 
> 
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