Homebrew PCBs

Sounds like an interesting idea. I'll first try my idea with the hot air gun, 
I can heat up the board so hot that I can barely touch it. If that works, I 
may look into where to get that type of thing.


On Tuesday 16 May 2006 00:07, William Carr wrote:
>  On May 14, 2006, at 4:23 PM, Christopher Hart wrote:
>  > I'm actually working on HP Black inks right now.(The color inks 
>  > just run,
>  > regardless how I dry/cure them) I just realized I have an old 
>  > Deskjet 340
>  > sitting around, that already has a straight paper path. I am currently
>  > fighting a battle with the inks beading up on the copper, even 
>  > though my
>  > initial tests on aluminum worked without any problems. My next 
>  > attempt will
>  > be using a hair dryer (mild hot air gun) to warm the board during 
>  > printing,
>  > and get the inks to dry quicker, hopefully as they hit the copper.
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>  I don't know if it's a practical suggestion, but there are compounds 
>  now used for emergency bandages.
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>  You slap one of these on a fast-bleeding wound, and the chemical 
>  additive absorbs the blood instantly, giving off some heat.
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>  This causes the wound to clot immediately.
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>  I was just wondering if it would be possible to deposit a coating of 
>  these crystals on a PCB so that ink would dry faster.
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>  Thus the ink would set much faster.   As long as the thin film wasn't 
>  resistant to etchant, it might expedite the process.
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