Has anyone considered the possibility of electroplating materials by applying a layer of conducting matereial first ...... I know it is a strange idea but I thought it might work and wondered if anyone was interested ................. ie I want to be in on the patent if it works!!!!!!! The process might cut out several stages in through hole plating too but it does mean changing the chemistry a little ............ [log in to unmask] Alex Stennett Research Associate Loughborough University Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering Leics LE11 3TU Tel:- +44 (0)1509 228251 Fax:- +44 (0)1509 267725 ----------------------------------------------------------- Add yourself to my Web address book at http://armadillo.lboro.ac.uk:591 Enter the address_book.FP3 using guest as a password or just visit my homepage ........ http://armadillo.lboro.ac.uk Or take in some small ads ..... http://www.studentmart.com/ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################