Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "warrenbrayshaw"
<warrenbrayshaw@...> wrote:

[snip description of my experiments]

> Try the following to see if you can improve your toner adhesion:
> 
> Soon after you have your laser print and just before you wish to make 
> the toner transfer, take a grease and lint free cloth and wipe the 
> image with isopropyl alcohol. Only a minute amount of toner pigment 
> will colour your cloth. Let it dry (a few seconds) and then do it 
> again. No pigment should be seen to be staining the wet cloth this 
> time. 
> This should degrease the toner surface to some extent but not damage 
> the image.
> All the best.

  Good idea--I'll try it and report back.  Thanks!

  Best,
  James

P.S.  Meanwhile, no one has commented on my toner melting point
measurements.  Am I the only one astonished at how easily they melt? 
Or maybe Yahoo's format-mangling just made my tables unreadable?  -j