DIY "Solder Mask"

[Pbm2001]

I found this diy "Solder Mask" tutorial on youtube, thought  you guys would get a kick out of it

[Brumby]

Yeah - it's green.  It's not solder mask - not in any way.


This is a classic example of why you need to keep a critical assessment of the things you find on the internet.

[Fred27]

There's a UV curable dry film solder mask called Dynamask 5000 that works well for home PCBs.

[Cyberdragon]

Is that...

a marker?

 
 

[Brumby]

Is that...

a marker?

 
 

Indeed - but this was the facepalm moment for me:


.... Now what was the key property of "solder mask" ?

[Gregg]

I feel this kid may have a long and profitable career ahead-----------in marketing!
The bullshit factor baseline has been established.

[Bassman59]

I found this diy "Solder Mask" tutorial on youtube, thought  you guys would get a kick out of it

Also useful for drawing rings around the edges of compact discs, for some reason I can’t remember.

[GerryBags]

It reminds me of Neil's (off of The Young Ones) recipe for Lentils & Bread

Ingredients: Lentils and bread.

Method: Get some lentils and bread together.

The only difference is that I think Neil's recipe actually does what it sets out to accomplish, whereas this.....

[Lionered]

Interesting, I hope this could really work. There's not harm trying though.

[Brumby]

Interesting, I hope this could really work. There's not harm trying though.

You DO know the purpose of solder mask ... don't you?

Then read this:

[Raj]

What part of the term 'solder mask' did this guy didn't understand.  
On top of that,he calls himself a 'master'.

[Sudo_apt-get_install_yum]

Best thing in the video is the music and the drawings and the slides!
Hopefully he grew up and realized that painting solder pads with permanent marker isn’t such a good idea

[ebastler]

What part of the term 'solder mask' did this guy didn't understand.
On top of that,he calls himself a 'master'.

Clearly a master of the marker pen!
Just watch his bench surface in the video -- bears the marks of years of marker practice... 

[exit_failure]

My ears are bleeding now.