Homebrew PCBs

On 10/19/2013 1:40 PM, twgray2007@... wrote:

> I purchased a roll of vinyl used in the Cricut machine to test for toner
> transfer. Surprisingly, it actually worked better than anything I've
> tried so far in transferring the toner to the pcb,

So, what do you mean by vinyl?  Sounds like something I would like to try.

I think the mushy print you are getting is heat related.  You need to 
find the temp that works and that is where the IR thermometer comes in. 
  Too hot and it mushes.

I would experiment with an iron and IR thermometer to find what temp 
works and if your vinyl is actually viable and then use this info to 
adjust your laminating.

I saw  the bleeding with both PnP and  label backing but only when too hot.

I don't have a laminator but think that the temp issue could be reduced 
by adding layers of paper on top of the transfer medium.  The more 
layers, the less heat would get to the medium.

js

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