I cobbled together something that might work. After experimenting with various abrasion materials I found velvet to be most effective at removing photoresist in developer. See photo links below. Top view of my immersion developing tank showing the 200W heater (set 28C), and the velvet/foam stuck to inner walls. PCB is inserted between the velvet and moved up and down to rub on the photoresist. Takes ~80 seconds to develop. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_tank_top.jpg Cross section view of padded velvet block. Velvet is made from nylon/rayon mix. Contact adhesive applied between velvet and stainless sheet. Two screws fasten the stainless steel base plate to tank wall. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_foam.jpg Test PCB before developing. Pattern of grid with 0.2mm lines & 0.2mm spaces. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_board_1.jpg 50% developed http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_board_2.jpg 100% developed http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_board_finished.jpg A 0.2mm diameter hole incompletely developed. The dark copper is etched, while shiny copper is covered in resist scum. This problem was caused by overexposure. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_scum1.jpg A 0.2mm diameter square hole successfully developed. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/tmp/dev_good.jpg Adam
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] developing immersion tank
2009-09-15 by Adam Seychell
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