Well i gues that depends on the heat you can produce with an 3W Laser. I know it is possible to pop a latex balloon, so that makes me wonder, if you use latex based paint like acryl then maybe, probably you have to go a couple of passes, but that is or should be no problem. camillus On 12/8/2014 10:44:24 PM, 'Jeff Heiss' jeff.heiss@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com> wrote: I’m mentally exploring the idea of spray painting copper clad with spray paint and drawing traces in the paint with a laser. After the laser, the board is then placed in etchant and the copper exposed by the laser is etched away. I understand this is possible with 20W CO2 lasers by Youtube videos but has anyone explored this with a laser diode? Is the abundant ebay 445nm, 1W laser or the 808nm, 3W laser up for the task paint ablation? Jeff --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] laser ablation of paint on copper clad
2014-12-09 by Camillus