Finally a double sided board
After many iterations and pulling my hair out when the foils did not transfer, I finally got the science of the heat and travel time. There is a company
YouTube - THERM-O-TYP FT-10 Foil Fuser that deals with foils very well and the problems with foils are always travel time, temperature and pressure. Pressure can be predefined and is not too big a deal, but travel time through low cost laminators are a significant issue. Also not being able to closely dial in the temp will foul a foil.
This is an art, and using professional machines one sees using feet of foil waste just to get it right. So my use is one shot because I do not have feet to calibrate nor do I have an expensive laminator. I do have my iron doing the best work thus far keeping in mind travel time from one side of the print to the other.
With that I have finally finished my wireless motor controller and have only left to drill it out and assemble it. Wire wrapping was out of the question. One thing to note about PCB Express, do not use their predefined pad sizes if you are going to drill out these boards. .080" pad is a good size that wont rip away and will leave a pad to solder to when drilled with a #58 drill. Anything less including tiny vias is best left to the pros.
The solder mask works but I have to print it in a three up lamination. It is a big pain to do but if done carefully one can get a sharp looking solder mask.
Bottom line is with all of these foils and so forth it takes a toner that can reheat and create stickture when needed under heat and pressure for a certain duration of milliseconds. That is very hard to do with a low cost laminator and I would not waste the money on one and simply practice using the iron. The setting is around poly for any cellophane transfers and cotton for the white or green foils. Pulsar's release paper is worth the investment.