Homebrew PCBs

If you can print with ABS it will come right off with acetone. Other types of plastic are harder. Polystyrene is hard to get off with acetone and PETE is impossible.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, MIKE DURKIN <Patriot121@...> wrote:
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> How hard would it be to remove once eched?
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> From: Mars Bonfire
> Sent: 2 Jul 2012 14:41:00 GMT
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> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] I Probably missed this but...
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> I must admit I enjoy reading this group, not the least of my enjoyment from the diversity of ideas on how to make pcbs at home.  I am a toner transfer practitioner which suits me fine.  I have done photoresist many moons ago when I had access to the coating chemicals.
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> Currently I am working on building a 3D plastic printer (google reprap if curious) and it occurred to me that printing plastic (or a meltable material that would resist etchant) on a pcb would be yet one more way to put down etch resist...any I won't bet someone has not already tried it.  Now you won't catch me trying it but...any thoughts?
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