Appying a coat of Conductive ink to PLA allows you to Electroplate it with copper. Its the first time for me and the results are exciting :- The PLA needs a bit of sanding to roughen it up a bit so that the ink sticks better. Whoa ! What copper solution Whoa ! What copper solution are you using - copper acetate ? - similar to this instructable on copper plating? So, of course you know I'm dying to see you do the circuit design/print with water soluble .2 mm traces ! :D Go Gareth Go Go Go !!! Yip Yip Huray ! Copper Sulphate Its 80grammes of Copper Sulphate in 1 Litre of water (not sure if i should have used distilled or de_ionized...so took a risk with tap water) . Copper(II) sulfate exothermically dissolves in water to give the aquo complex [Cu(H2O)6]2+ .....its the "ions" and not the "elves" that do all the work...... Currently making up some PLA & ABS track type things for testing..... The conductivity of the copper layed down ..... is ..... awsome...... however fragile when thin.... clear lacquer i was reading some where that applying a clear lacquer coat to the part first and waiting till its tacky before applying the conductive ink will help it stick better. Log in or register to post comments
Whoa ! What copper solution Whoa ! What copper solution are you using - copper acetate ? - similar to this instructable on copper plating? So, of course you know I'm dying to see you do the circuit design/print with water soluble .2 mm traces ! :D Go Gareth Go Go Go !!! Yip Yip Huray !
Copper Sulphate Its 80grammes of Copper Sulphate in 1 Litre of water (not sure if i should have used distilled or de_ionized...so took a risk with tap water) . Copper(II) sulfate exothermically dissolves in water to give the aquo complex [Cu(H2O)6]2+ .....its the "ions" and not the "elves" that do all the work...... Currently making up some PLA & ABS track type things for testing..... The conductivity of the copper layed down ..... is ..... awsome...... however fragile when thin....
clear lacquer i was reading some where that applying a clear lacquer coat to the part first and waiting till its tacky before applying the conductive ink will help it stick better.
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Whoa ! What copper solution
Whoa !
What copper solution are you using - copper acetate ? - similar to this instructable on copper plating?
So, of course you know I'm dying to see you do the circuit design/print with water soluble .2 mm traces ! :D
Go Gareth Go Go Go !!! Yip Yip Huray !
Copper Sulphate
Its 80grammes of Copper Sulphate in 1 Litre of water (not sure if i should have used distilled or de_ionized...so took a risk with tap water) .
Copper(II) sulfate exothermically dissolves in water to give the aquo complex [Cu(H2O)6]2+
.....its the "ions" and not the "elves" that do all the work......
Currently making up some PLA & ABS track type things for testing.....
The conductivity of the copper layed down ..... is ..... awsome...... however fragile when thin....
clear lacquer
i was reading some where that applying a clear lacquer coat to the part first and waiting till its tacky before applying the conductive ink will help it stick better.