Homebrew PCBs

yes i read it, thanks for the link steve.
mebo




--- Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
> > > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com,
> milwiron@t... wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone tried a Epson sublimation printer?
> The ink is supposed 
> > to be
> > > > "waterproof".
> 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve"
> <alienrelics@y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > You mean inkjet sublimation ink. It won't work,
> it is a dye that
> > > requires a polymer to transfer into.
> > > 
> > > http://www.dyesub.org
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > > 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "pebo festus"
> <mebo31@y...> wrote:
> 
> > well--am wondering if one could coat the blank pcb
> with some kind of 
> > polymer coating? then print with sublimation ink. 
> i see  that it 
> > heats during the process.  donno?
> > mebo
> 
> And you end up with a plastic coated board that
> won't etch, but has a
> pretty picture on it. ;')
> 
> Dye sublimation prints on a Tshirt or mug are
> waterproof because the
> plastic polymer on the mug and the polyester of the
> Tshirt are
> waterproof. Dye sublimation "soaks" the color -into-
> the
> polymer/polyester, that's why it only works on those
> items and not on
> bare metal or cotton.
> 
> It is -not- a coating.
> 
> Did you take a look at the link I gave?
> 
> Steve
> 
> 


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