Homebrew PCBs

>Electroplating is still the best way to tin. I don't think anyone here is 
>doing it. Read up on it at www.thinktink.com. I think I'll try it after 
>using up the rest of the transfer paper. The workflow is a better fit with 
>negative photo resist.
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  Which trace are you going to tin with electroplating?  Most want the 
whole board tinned, without having to connect each trace seperately.  It 
can be done, it's how they do gold plating for LCD boards etc, but it is 
10x the PITA you're giving it credit for..  There are some good reasons 
board houses do this step chemically, and cold plating solutions like 
tinnit exist..  By all means try it out though, electroplating is 
interesting and fun for other things anyway..

Alan