Just attempted my first photofabrication and it failed at the developing stage. Within 30 seconds of immersion the board was completely devoid of resist... Here's what I did (all M.G. Chemicals supplies) -Printed out my circuit onto a transparency (IBM Laser Transparencies, 24L5041) using a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer. -Poured two litres of hot tap water into a tray. -Poured 200ml of Developer into the tray of water (10:1 as per instructions). -Set up the UV light using the supplied stands (about 5-6" high). -Placed the sensitized board blue side up. Positioned my transparency (ink side toward the board) and placed the plexi weight on top. - Waited 5 minutes then turned out the light (actually probably more like 5.5 minutes). - Immediately put the board into the developer solution. I used the supplies foam brush to agitate the water (didn't come within 1/2" of the board itself, just slowly waved it back and forth at the surface). Solution was about 95-100F by this time. - About 5 seconds in I could see my traces through the clouds of black ink. As the black ink cleared I could see traces starting to fade out too. This is about 15 seconds into the process. I realized the board was already toast so I waited to see how long it would take to completely erase the resist - was about 30 seconds. The instructions say it should take about 2 minutes to develop the board. This was a LOT faster... I'm thinking perhaps the developer was too strong? What about temperature? Should I just use developer at room temperature instead - give myself more "OOOOP" time? I guess its also possible that this laser's toner isn't UV opaque but, the speed at which the board completely blanked and the fact that I saw traces - even for a short time, makes me think its a developer problem. What do you guru's think?
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Thoughts on where I went wrong? (1st pcb attempt)
2002-12-31 by ghidera2000 <ghidera2000@yahoo.com>
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