Homebrew PCBs

> David wrote:
> 
> I'm pondering making a homebrew S100 card or
> two.  Does anyone here have experience in
> making cards with connection fingers?  Is
> tinplating as applied by, say, solder paste,
> okay?  I know there are gold-plating kits
> for this purpose out there, but it's
> prohibitively expensive.

Have not done S100 cards but do make edge
connectors for other things.

I tin with real solder (not paste) and then
use wick to remove the layer of solder I put
down.  I tried my vacuum pump desoldering
station - but it does not do as good a job
as wick.

Any thick layer of solder is not good for
edge conectors.

Solder paste should work as well as real
solder as long as you also wick it up
afterwards.