How to make PCBs at home – The toner transfer method

Step 3) Etching

Go to an open place wear some old clothes gloves and your safety mask and you are ready to go.

Make a hanger tool using the wire like the picture below

 

 

 

 

 

Open carefully your etching solution and put it on a plastic tank.

 

 

 

 

Now immerse your copper board with the use of the hanger tool.
Move up and down the hanger tool every 2-3 minutes with care like the tea infuser.
The etching procedure can last from 20min up to an hour. Keep an eye every 5 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have finished you have to wash your board with water and store your etching solution into the plastic bottle using a funnel.

Now we are ready to drill and solder...