Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:12:19 -0000, mikezcnc <eemikez@...> wrote:

> Jan,
>
> Just a word of comment: I tried the electroless tin and it workd
> exceptionally well on tinning the PCBs. I was quite amazed how well
> it work, exactly in a kitchen and I keep in tee fridge all the time.
> Life of the solution according to a mfr is six months and the cost is
> low for that amount of time.
>
> However, I don't know what the electroless tin does to a hole- that I
> hvent tested but I suspect that unless the hole is copper, than
> nothing.
>
> It wasn't clear from your post if you were talking about tinning the
> copper traces or tinning the thruholes. For traces to be tinned, the
> solution needs to be hot, otherwise it takes very long time. Mike
>
>

The last time i checked all electroless tin used some pretty nasty 
ingredients
which i wouldn't want to have in the kitchen or fridge.
What about yours?

ST