Dear Kevin Nichols, Thanks alot for your comment. as you said maybe i shold buy a new one. Now i am trying to heat the viscous SU-8 before spin coating and will check whether it will work. Regards At 2011-04-21 04:13:35,"Kevin Nichols"wrote: >The 2000 series of SU-8 are formulated in cyclopentanone. If you want >to dilute your stock yourself, use cyclopentanone, not IPA. I hope you >have a mechanical shaker, or very strong arms. > >Alternatively, just buy the right formulation from Microchem, at the >correct concentration and viscosity for the thickness you want. The >series is numbered so that the last digits give the relative viscosity >(i.e., SU-8 2100 is useful in the 100 micron thick range, and is more >viscous than SU-8 25, which is useful in the 25 micron thick range). >I'd highly recommend you just buy the concentration you need instead >of trying to dilute it yourself. > >- Kevin