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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] silver coating

2013-08-15 by David Pickering

Hi
Thanks for the quick response 
See what I mean by price, if you start using that then just as well buy ready made PCBs and forget DIY
Lets see if theirs any other ideas out there


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 From: James <bitsyboffin@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013, 7:04
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] silver coating
 


  
On 15/08/13 18:00, David wrote:
>
> Hi
> Do any of you people here know of a quick and cheap way to tin copper 
> PCB tracks before populating the board?
> With all the modern chemicals around these days theirs bound to 
> something out there
> In the past have used the manufactured stuff which you just put in a 
> bath for a while and job done but its to expensive.
>
There is basically that (tinnit, liquidtin), and a product called "Cool 
Amp" http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html

I've never found any reasonable "home brew" recipe for such a product.

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