Homebrew PCBs

I run out of press n peel so reading thought the net i found that 
poeple are using some magazines to print on to. 

Im not a reader of these magazines so i opted to try what ever paper i 
could find.

The best i found so far was from the MAPLIN electronic catalogue. as 
the paper is so thin i ripped a page from the catalogue and taped it to 
a sheet of normal A4 paper and then printed on that.

As it turned out this paper is quite good and comes right off the toner 
bye just adding a little water,leaving the a nice clean print on the 
board. No scrubbing needed !

best bit is you get over 900 pages of the stuff for a round a �5!

Give it a go, let me know what you think/

Gary.

Gary,

I too have tried various catalogs and magazines - often with good 
success.  The only "Catch" I have experienced is when the ink on the 
page transfers to the PCB along with the toner.  Turns out that the 
ink is also etch resistant which of course creates some problems.  
Now if we could only convince the magazine and/or catalog printers 
to leave some blank pages for us, that would be super duper!

Chris


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Hoyles" <dimlow_uk@...> 
wrote:
>
> I run out of press n peel so reading thought the net i found that 
> poeple are using some magazines to print on to. 
> 
> Im not a reader of these magazines so i opted to try what ever 
paper i 
> could find.
> 
> The best i found so far was from the MAPLIN electronic catalogue. 
as 
> the paper is so thin i ripped a page from the catalogue and taped 
it to 
> a sheet of normal A4 paper and then printed on that.
> 
> As it turned out this paper is quite good and comes right off the 
toner 
> bye just adding a little water,leaving the a nice clean print on 
the 

> board. No scrubbing needed !
> 
> best bit is you get over 900 pages of the stuff for a round a £5!
> 
> Give it a go, let me know what you think/
> 
> Gary.
>