Bob, This goes back quite a while but from what I remember, the only thing we found to etch Kapton was using 1,2 n-methyl-perylodone. I'm sure I screwed up the spelling. Anyway, you had to use heat for it to work. We used a hotplate to do this for a flex cicuit application about 8 years ago. Sincerely, Paul Terranova DIGITAL's Analytical and Environmental Test Services Lab Phone: 508-467-3109 FAX: 508-467-6796 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Bob [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, February 13, 1998 3:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Kapton Etching I am interested in the subject of Kapton Etching. Does anyone have information about which types of Kapton material can be etched and how? Bob Carter Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. 1301 N. Dynamics St. Anaheim, CA 92806 714-996-1248 ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################