On 7/9/2012 10:08 AM, Electron wrote:
> I have ordered the stencil from the same manufacturer that is making the
> PCB. Now I need that thing (sorry, I don't know the name :P ) to distribu=
te
> the paste over the stencil.. can You suggest me a good one from Digikey o=
r
> just the name of the type of product, so I'll search it? I can't find any
> thing neither with the name squeegee nor spatula that came to mind. Or wh=
at
> I can use that I can readily find in brico shops, etc..? Maybe an exacto
> knife spare blade? What to get the best results? The stencil is in alpacc=
a.
>
> Cheers,
> Mario
>

You probably mean a squeegee.  I got a thin cheap crappy one with a=20
stencil kit from stencilsunlimited and it was junk, and could not=20
understand how to use it for this purpose.  I've found that a plastic=20
bondo-squeegee (from an auto parts store) works well, and I recently=20
picked up a more sturdy metal (stainless steel I believe) putty knife=20
(~4 inches wide) from a hardware store for this purpose, which I heard=20
works well, but I haven't tried yet.

Do you mean alpacca silver?  I'm not sure what a putty knife will do to=20
that, so you can try the plastic bondo squeegee first.

Cheers,
-Neil.

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