🚀 go-pugleaf

  There have been a few threads on here re: making PC boards in your
basement.  I do it myself, and get pretty good results using a couple
of different techniques.

  One thing I can't do, though, is make plated-through holes for my
two sided boards.  While a hunk of wire soldered on both sides works
fine for most applications, I would still like, on more complex boards
(eg, simple microprocessors), to be able to through plate my vias.

  I gather that there are several 'electroless' copper plating techniques
out there; just drop an object in the bath, and it gets covered with
copper: no electricity required.  Good (perhaps?) for thru-plating, and
possibly in an additive PC process also (where copper is added to the
board, rather than etched away).

  Is this a suitable technique for through plating?  If so, how do I do
it?  If not, what should I do instead?

  Thanks!