Hello,
I am new to the forum so, hello! For one, I like to say that I enjoy the aesthetics of the site and it is a relief to some of the bland white ones I have been lurking around on.
Anyway,
I have a question that hopefully someone would know the answer to. I'm going to be etching some basic boards for some projects I am going to do for fun. Some audio circuits, LEDs, and other simpler things. Nothing too complex.
So, I was on Youtube and I saw some people dying their homemade PCBs in clothing dye like RIT. They turned out pretty nice!
But I am pretty confident they are not just dying PCBs in large scale manufacturing. I believe they use solder mask.
So,
1.) Does solder mask have any advantages over dye? (For DIY projects is solder mask nessecary?)
2.) How does one apply solder mask? (Lamination machine?)
3.) Anyone know any solder mask suppliers that have multiple colors?
I'd really just like to dye it but if that's not good or has disadvantages, I'll have to research some more.
Thanks in advance!
I am new to the forum so, hello! For one, I like to say that I enjoy the aesthetics of the site and it is a relief to some of the bland white ones I have been lurking around on.
Anyway,
I have a question that hopefully someone would know the answer to. I'm going to be etching some basic boards for some projects I am going to do for fun. Some audio circuits, LEDs, and other simpler things. Nothing too complex.
So, I was on Youtube and I saw some people dying their homemade PCBs in clothing dye like RIT. They turned out pretty nice!
But I am pretty confident they are not just dying PCBs in large scale manufacturing. I believe they use solder mask.
So,
1.) Does solder mask have any advantages over dye? (For DIY projects is solder mask nessecary?)
2.) How does one apply solder mask? (Lamination machine?)
3.) Anyone know any solder mask suppliers that have multiple colors?
I'd really just like to dye it but if that's not good or has disadvantages, I'll have to research some more.
Thanks in advance!