Homebrew PCBs

No I have not tried to etch a board.  By "prone to problems" - what type of problems to you mean? The copper looked very clean...  Is there a bit of silicone left on the copper that prevents the copper from etching good?

Wait, you said ground planes and wide traces - that would indicate the toner portion gave problems - etched thru the toner?  I did notice the ground plane had several light spots but thought that was due to toner cartridge was getting low....  Oh well - bummer I guess:(

I've got a couple of buddies who plan to make boards this weekend - we'll see how it turns out for them.

Ken H>

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> Did you actually etch that board?
> 
> For some reason solicone coated paper is far more prone to problems
> with ground planes and wide traces. I've given up using it for
> anything except component legend print a few years ago.
> 
> ST