Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:28:18 -0700, you wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM,  <kabowers@...> wrote:
>> Try acetone in a shallow pan with just enough to cover
>> the board. It strips the toner in seconds.  I had been
>> wiping for years and recently tried the pan; no more
>> wiping for me.
>
>Just curious, how is that better than wiping with a paper towel? Don't
>you use more solvent that way and end up with a dirty pan?
>
>I use MEK (that's what I happen to have on hand) and a paper towel.
>The first pass gets off most of the toner in seconds, and a second
>pass cleans the board totally.
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I have trays that almost exactly fit my normal board sizes (the black
ones from frozen dinners) and only use enough solvent to cover the
board, then dispose of the leftovers. I haven't tried placing the board 
face down yet. This uses about the same amount of solvent than I 
previously used with paper towels. As a plus I don't end up with
the paper towels stinking up the place with highly flammable solvent vapors.

Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC