pcb copper laminate glue adhesive

gain-wire · 11th February 2006, 07:54 PM

Hello, Does anybody know for sure what type of adhesive/glue is used in pcb construction to put the copper on the FR4 plate? I am intersted in making the board itself. Thank you!

chipco3434 · 11th February 2006, 08:01 PM

Smells like epoxy when your screwing one up...

jleaman · 11th February 2006, 08:03 PM

Actually it smells like wasted time and tossed out lungs to cancer

peranders · 11th February 2006, 08:54 PM

FR-4 laminate is pretty cheap, haven't you checked this?

gain-wire · 11th February 2006, 10:12 PM

Yeah I know it's cheap except I want to make the plate a different colour, like white or green (I know that's not how they get the green color in the boards) or something else instead of the plain brown or light yellow. So epoxy sounds right? I have to know i the glue/adhesive will react dangerously with the etchant.

peranders · 12th February 2006, 07:51 AM

Have you thought about using paint? I have made giant 7 segement dislays with 200 mm digits. Those pcb's I painted red and white.

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SY · 12th February 2006, 12:20 PM

The adhesive used is an epoxy, but not the stuff in the tubes you buy at the hobby shop. It is a partially cured ("green") sheet epoxy, activated by heat and pressure. It is not amenable to diy, unfortunately.

11th February 2006, 07:54 PM	#1
gain-wire diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NCR	pcb copper laminate glue adhesive Hello, Does anybody know for sure what type of adhesive/glue is used in pcb construction to put the copper on the FR4 plate? I am intersted in making the board itself. Thank you! __________________ Trans-directional-servo-logamp non-zerocrossing autogain compressing thingamajig

11th February 2006, 08:54 PM	#4
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	FR-4 laminate is pretty cheap, haven't you checked this? __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

11th February 2006, 10:12 PM	#5
gain-wire diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NCR	Yeah I know it's cheap except I want to make the plate a different colour, like white or green (I know that's not how they get the green color in the boards) or something else instead of the plain brown or light yellow. So epoxy sounds right? I have to know i the glue/adhesive will react dangerously with the etchant. __________________ Trans-directional-servo-logamp non-zerocrossing autogain compressing thingamajig

12th February 2006, 07:51 AM	#6
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Have you thought about using paint? I have made giant 7 segement dislays with 200 mm digits. Those pcb's I painted red and white. Huge clock for sale... for free! __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

12th February 2006, 12:20 PM	#7
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	The adhesive used is an epoxy, but not the stuff in the tubes you buy at the hobby shop. It is a partially cured ("green") sheet epoxy, activated by heat and pressure. It is not amenable to diy, unfortunately. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache


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11th February 2006, 08:01 PM	#2
chipco3434 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Racine, Wisconsin	Smells like epoxy when your screwing one up...

11th February 2006, 08:03 PM	#3
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	Actually it smells like wasted time and tossed out lungs to cancer

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