Homebrew PCBs

mpdickens wrote:
> --- Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Has anyone tried electrocleaning PCB in say 5%
>>sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or caustic
> 
> dishwashing detergent ?
> 
> No,I haven't.  But, I know that Dennis Hayes, during
> the very early days of Hayes Microsystem's was
> literally making modems on his dinning room table. He
> used to tin his boards, populate them with plastic
> dips and then run them through the dishwashing machine
> (On cold with NO heated dry...). Then he took them out
> and dryed them....

I can't see any problem using a dishwasher. I'm sure Dennis wasn't the 
first to use a dishwasher. Marvin , how is your spray machine coming 
along ? I've had lots of other stuff to do lately so mine is still 
sitting there half finished :(

Adam