Homebrew PCBs

I tried spray on starch.  Too much water - when the paper dries it
gets very uneven and I was afraid to feed it through my copier.  A
very light coating of the stuff didn't work.  I even tried it on 90#
paper (not sure the metric equivalent) to same effect.  Tried ironing,
no good.  Tried pressing between smooth but somewhat absorbent
material (2 pieces of hardboard), a little better but not that good. 
I believe that a photo dryer might work but I have no access to one. 
At that point i decided this was too much effort and gave up.

Mucilage sounds better because there is much less water in it.  I
suspect the trick is to get a very thin and even coating.

I may have to hit the drug store for some cheapo hair spray.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:35:55 +0700, Thomas <teecee@c...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Idea's spawn up everywhere here .....
> >
> > Just finished the hairspray test and it kind a worked ok needs  
> > refinement !!
> > patchy I'd call it !!
> > The paper dried fairly quick and you can see a definate Gloss to it ,
> > wetting the paper the hairspray turns slimy and dissolve's slowly
and  
> > when
> > you rub it then you can feel the texture of the paper as you rub
through  
> > the
> > slime.
> > I used regular old inkjet printer paper nothing fancy.
> > The newly coated paper survived the Laser Printer ok ... sure does
smell
> > good when you Iron the paper !!
> >
> > I'll try it again and apply more Hair Spray, I think that the paper  
> > absorbs
> > a fair bit of it....
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> 
> 
> I wonder if that spray-on starch thing was followed up upon.
> You certainly seem the right guy for such experiments, maybe you'd
like to  
> try that.
> 
> ST