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Grogster

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Posted: 02:42am 03 Jun 2015
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Hi folks.

Does anyone know of a chemical that can remove the white silkscreen on a PCB, but leave the rest of the PCB intact?

Specifically, I wanted to rub out the white silkscreen on one of my boards, so that I could then scan the board so that I just have the layout as an image. I want to use this image as the background for the website I am launching.

Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions?

I don't care if the experiment actually destroys the PCB - all part of the experimentation.....
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viscomjim
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Posted: 02:44am 03 Jun 2015
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Hi Grogster, if you want, send me the file with the silkscreen and I can photoshop all the silkscreen out of it... Just a thought.
 
Grogster

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Posted: 02:46am 03 Jun 2015
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Owwwww - nice idea. Would that not affect the rest of the image?

I don't have photoshop, but do know it is pretty crafty with things like that....

I will scan the PCB tomorrow(bedtime here) and PM you about this.

Still interested in any other methods someone might come up with.

The reasons for wanting to use my own board are twofold:

1) It is my design, so there is no image copyright to worry about using someone else's image
2) It helps to promote what I can do, which will be one of the things on the new website.
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viscomjim
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Posted: 02:49am 03 Jun 2015
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It won't affect the rest of the image. I use photoshop daily at work so not a problem. Send it on over and I'll turn it around for you.
 
Grogster

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Posted: 02:50am 03 Jun 2015
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Thanks, buddy - you're a champ.
I will be in touch via PM tomorrow(my time).
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If you designed it yourself you might be able to use the design files as a basis for some graphic art.
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hitsware
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Posted: 04:36am 03 Jun 2015
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Paint off leave the copper ? Steel wool .....
 
viscomjim
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Posted: 05:05am 03 Jun 2015
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The magic of Photoshop...



 
WhiteWizzard
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Posted: 05:23am 03 Jun 2015
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Impressive Jim!

How do you 'restore' the background with PhotoShop - was that a manual process to 'fill in' the tracks?

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viscomjim
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Used mostly clone stamp tool. Works great.
 
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  viscomjim said   Used mostly clone stamp tool. Works great.


Interesting - thanks for the reply!
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Grogster

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Jim has sent me the full-size image, and this is WAY beyond what I though was possible. I knew that photoshop was clever, but I thought that there would still be noticable artifacts of the removal, but the HD picture I have here now thanks to Jim, is impossible to detect that the silkscreen was even removed.

Amazing.

Thanks Jim - you ARE a champ!
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viscomjim
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No problem Grogster, I enjoy using Adobe's creative cloud products and use Photoshop and Illustrator most of my day at work. Photoshop can make quick work of things like this. I mostly used the laquer thinner tool.... JKEdited by viscomjim 2015-06-04
 
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