Homebrew PCBs

Solder resist masks are made of polyurethane - I would suspect that you
might be able to achieve something cosmetically comparable by layering
pigment-based inks, but I don't think it would function to resist solder
very well at all.

I looked at the fab-in-a-box solution you're referring to, and it seems to
produce excellent results, but I recall it being extravagantly expensive -
hundreds of dollars per board, which is well out of my range.

-Andrew Villeneuve

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:09 PM, micro_minded <iceblu3710@...> wrote:

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> Has anybody tried printing a solder mask onto their boards?
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> I currently used pcb-fab-in-a-box with the GBC laminator and I can get 6mil
> traces and perfect boards every single time.
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> I have been looking for a supplier in canada for dry film solder resist and
> found nobody, only this company in germany:
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> http://www.octamex.de/shop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=31&category_id=5848924494118370762daa6f026e22f7&
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> and this guy using it:
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> http://www.gerold-online.de/cms/en/uc-projects/soldermask.html
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> My question is could you print on a flatbed modified printer 4 or 5 layers
> of color to build up an effective solder mask?
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> Thanks!
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