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Re: Toner transfer experiments and a fix for cheap, low-temp laminators

2006-02-07 by leon_heller

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "wbblair3" <wbblair3@...> wrote:
>
> Looking for the cheapest, quickest and most environmentally friendly 
> route to good PCB results (who isn't?), my research within this forum
> and other web resources convinced me to use pre-cut, surplus PCB
> material, glossy magazine covers as the toner transfer material and a
> homebrew, replenishable HCL/H2O2 etchant.  Now, all I had to do was
> get good, reproducible results using these materials.  In the past, I
> have always experienced inconsistent results with toner transfer (TT)
> PCBs.  In an effort to change that, I did some experimenting to
> determine what I was doing wrong.  I don't doubt that this line of
> investigation has been followed and documented before.  I had fun
> doing it, anyway.

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Why not use the UV exposure technique? It's much simpler and quicker 
and the results are excellent.

Leon

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