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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] removing toner?

2010-08-11 by Slavko Kocjancic

Alessio Sangalli pravi:
>
> For who removes it "mechanically": come on, how can you risk to damage 
> small traces on your board, and put several minutes of effort when there 
> is a simple alternative like passing a cloth ONE TIME on each side of 
> the PCB?
>
> bye
> as
>
>   
Something is wrong here.
I remove it mechanicaly and board 10cm X 8cm take 20-30 second to remove 
all toner!
And till now I didn't destroy any board and near all board have SMD 
chips with 0.65mm distance within pins and all 8 mils (0.2mm) stay on board.
Maybe that is problem with FR2 but I use CEM3 and FR4 boards.
And just use metal mesh for cleaning pans in kitchen (don't know the 
english name).
... just rubb under little (cold) water flow.

... and this doesn't stink. Wel acetone maybe doesn't stink for someone 
but breathing this is still not good idea.

Slavko.

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