Homebrew PCBs

Bob,  I think a lot of people have had the same luck as
Dave and some had  good luck.

I use paper from Royal Brites.  This is not very good as
Ink Jet Color Paper but good at toner transfer.

After about 5 min. of soaking in cool water it will lift off 
whole.

Look at
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=200337

150 Sheets just over $18.00.

Derward Myrick  KD5WWI





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave 
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:56 AM
  Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Press and Peel Paper


    Hi there

  My experience with PnP wasn't that good. This may be down to technique on my part but never the less I tried adjusting my irons temp to solve one primary problem I had. That was the whole pack used and I never found the happy medium.

  This was the PnP shrinking at the edges and therefore smearing and distorting the traces in these areas. The areas that worked worked great but I couldn't get the shrinkage under control. Also as the sheets are less than A4 in size I was losing capacity to do a lot of a particular PCB So cost was an issue for me.

  There are more success stories than bad so it obviously works and works well in the 'right hands' :-D

  I now use HP everyday photopaper semi-gloss. Far more sheets for your money and it soaks off easily and I have 100% success every time. Plus I can fit more patterns to a sheet. I may need to spend 30 seconds with a resist pen if the odd spec comes adrift but for me it works better than I could ever get PnP to. YMMV.

  regards

  Fenris 

  --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi@...> wrote:
  >
  > As you all know I am new to this whole process and therefore have gone to Utube and uncovered many of what seem to be good videos of
  > pcb manufacturing.
  > 
  > One which I just viewed is different in that the guy is talking about using a paper called 'Press and Peel' and his laser printer
  > and the rest is the same as normal paper.
  > 
  > This looks like a whole lot faster way of ironing on the toner to the board since you dont have the intermediate steps involved in
  > removing the messy paper, you still have the quenching but then the paper just peels away without all the time consuming 'finger
  > rubbing' and tooth brushing steps to remove the paper.
  > 
  > Does anyone have any experience with this type of paper and if so, was it successful or unsuccessful or cost prohibitive?
  > 
  > Thanks,
  > Bob AD5VJ
  >



  

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