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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Plating PCB thru holes

2014-04-14 by Cecil Bayona

The link I provided to a method using Glass Defogger repair kit said 
that it survived running the board through five SMT Soldering oven 
tries, that is not bad.

At 08:33 PM 4/13/2014, you wrote:
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone know what happens to conductive inks and epoxy if the 
>board goes through a reflow oven, or if someone tries soldering to 
>the feedthrough?
>
>Cheers,
>Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
>[mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cecil Bayona
>Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 11:50 AM
>To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Plating PCB thru holes
>
>This subject has been discussed before but I'm wondering if anyone
>has tried this method before. I looks pretty simple to do and uses
>readily available material. I would imagine that to make even more
>reliable after this process is complete, you tin the board adding
>extra metal in the holes.
>
>I was thinking of doing something similar with silver ink, but the
>material to repair auto glass heaters might be cheaper
>
>< http://www.pcbfx.com/main_site/pages/tech_support/plated_thru_holes.html >
>
>There is a lot of useful information on that web site, but it takes
>effort as some of the information is hard to find.
>
>--
>Cecil - k5nwa
>< http://thepartsplace.k5nwa.com/ > < http://www.softrockradio.org/ >
>
>Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

-- 
Cecil - k5nwa
<  http://thepartsplace.k5nwa.com/ > <  http://www.softrockradio.org/ >

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

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