Urea/formalahyde resins have water-soluble constituants that react and polymerize to form a non-water-soluble "plastic." I don't know whether it's non-porous enough to serve as resist. I also don't know whether it can be stripped easilly. And formalahyde is reasonably nasty stuff. BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu