Re: Re: Hobbiests Strike Again

bfp@... wrote:

> I wonder if you could draw the traces onto a non-conductive surface with one
> of those conductive ink pens,then use an elecroless tin dip plating solution
> to build them up to a good thickness? Has anyone tried this?

This won't work very well. The electroless tin is very 'fuzzy', ie. low density.
Also, it burns away very quickly at soldering iron temperature. I've never
found it to be usable at all. Also, the electroless tin is as likely to deposit
on the fiberglass as on the conductive ink. It has some sort of reaction on
copper, but won't deposit on a lot of other surfaces.

Jon