Homebrew PCBs

Calin
Go ahead with Nickel print as trial if you can afford.
Conductive paints work as the word specify. Your purpose will solve, but only for prototyping purpose
What i mean by saying this is that the time required in conducting each hole takes your hours of effort, but you learn a lot more for future.
I am sure that you have that much energy which drives you to ready your prototype. That's the result you are waiting for. Good Luck

Athar Kaludi
Premium PCB Manufacturing
Pakistan


--- On Fri, 7/30/10, morarcalin <morarcalin@...> wrote:

From: morarcalin <morarcalin@...>
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Nickel and Silver Print from MG for through hole plating
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 11:41 AM







 



  


    
      
      
      MG Chemicals has two conductive prints that they claim can be used for  hole plating. Like I said "they claim" :)) ... so no idea if they really work. That's why I am asking first.



One of them is Nickel Print (around 11$ for 3/4oz) and  second is Silver Print (around 35$ for 3/4oz). The difference is in the conductivity, obviously the nickel one being less conductive. MG is saying that they can be used for hole plating. 



I am curious if anyone has tried any these two? If it really works for sure will make life a lot easier for DYI-ers like us. 



I think using first the nickel one to "pre-plate" and then electroplate or just thin plate with liquid tin to make the soldering work better may do the trick ..... I am not talking doing production work, just to get prototyping easier. 



Calin





    
     

    
    


 



  






      

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