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60 oldjohn · 21st May 2019, 8:13 pm

Tony, I meant to pick up on the flux, I believe you missed a trick. If you polish the tracks with very fine wet & dry Paper before you smother the tracks and possibly the board with flux then get a tiny blob of solder on your iron you should be able to very quickly wipe the solder on the tracks to tin them, its very easy and quick. Just make sure there is plenty of flux, dab any excess solder off with flux soaked de soldering braid. Then clean off all traces of flux "even more important if it is plumbers flux" Sorry if its like teaching grandmother to suck eggs.

John.

21st May 2019, 8:13 pm	#8
60 oldjohn Dekatron Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 3,987	Re: PCB production using toner transfer Tony, I meant to pick up on the flux, I believe you missed a trick. If you polish the tracks with very fine wet & dry Paper before you smother the tracks and possibly the board with flux then get a tiny blob of solder on your iron you should be able to very quickly wipe the solder on the tracks to tin them, its very easy and quick. Just make sure there is plenty of flux, dab any excess solder off with flux soaked de soldering braid. Then clean off all traces of flux "even more important if it is plumbers flux" Sorry if its like teaching grandmother to suck eggs. John. Last edited by 60 oldjohn; 21st May 2019 at 8:18 pm.