Homebrew PCBs

This what I posted to my blog in 2009, and have been using ever since.

http://wa0uwh.blogspot.com/2009/11/tin-plating-with-solder.html

Regards,
Eldon Brown

73 - Eldon - WA0UWH - CN88xc - http://WA0UWH.blogspot.com/




On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Rick Sparber <rgsparber@...> wrote:

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> Stuart,
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> Almost agreed. But it is good to take a tour of other options before
> settling on one. Dragging a molten solder saturated piece of copper braid
> across the tracks sounds best to me right now. Fast and relatively safe.
>
>
> Rick
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> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] No HASL
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> In article <000701cdf18b$dd723510$98569f30$@com>,
> Rick Sparber rgsparber@...> wrote:
> > But how do I take the solder I have on hand and grind it up to make
> > this kind of flux+solder paste?
>
> Well it seems to me that solder would be far too soft and malleable to
> grind
> it, though you could probably beat into a thin sheet - think gold leaf.
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> You could try filing it but I suspect it would quickly clog your file.
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> You could devise an arrangement where you melt it and force it through a
> fine spray nozzle, spraying onto a water bath but quite frankly I would
> prefer to remain a long way away from anywhere such operations were taking
> place.
>
> Stick to dragging the solder across the tracks with your soldering iron,
> it's what I've been doing for years. It may not be perfect but it works.
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