Homebrew PCBs

Of course, if you don't mind doing some extra work, you can actually 
turn NORMAL paper into really good toner transfer paper 
by...essentially...painting it with gravy

After it's dried and you iron it flat it goes thru a normal copier 
quite well...and as for easy release...

http://www.extremecooling.org/ec/images/pp/gravy/water5.jpg




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phil1960us@y...> wrote:
> I've been playing around with different papers and was very 
surprised 
> to find that regular old ink jet paper actually seemed to have
> some potential but tended to pop up when I lifted the iron.  There 
> was clearly some transfer going on so I modified my technique and 
> after about 2 minutes a side, turned off the iron and left it 
sitting 
> on the board/paper assembly.  once it was cool well below the toner 
> fusing point, I soaked and rubbed.  To my delight, I got an 
excellent 
> transfer.  There was almost none of the blotchiness that I had been 
> getting earlier.  I attribute this to the paper being porous and 
> soaking up any extra toner.  There was very good adhesion, even a 
> good scrubbing with scotchbright didn't budge the resist.  I'm 
really 
> glad because I was annoying my wife by cutting out magazine pages.
> 
> This was a double sided, 10 mil trace board. 3" x 2.5" so not super 
> large.
> 
> also, I decided to print the legend (tplace layer for eagle users) 
> and try to transfer that.  It worked pretty well, I just ironed it 
on 
> and peeled it off hot.  It wasn't thick enough for a resist but 
> legible.  I used a 220 wet-n-dry sandpaper on the board to roughen 
it 
> up.
> 
> The paper is Office Depot Inkjet Paper. 24 lb, 92 brightness.  item 
> #751381