[sdiy] Hydrofloric Acid ***WARNING***

[danial stocks]

> >HCl works just fine for etching glass, I believe. 'Muriatic Acid' at your
> >lcal hardware store.
>...that is just plain WRONG. The fact that it comes in glass bottles is a
>hint.

yep right.. HCl does NOT etch glass!! neither do sulfuric or nitric..

there is a glass etching kit which uses something other than HF but I dont 
know what it is.. also sodium hydroxide etches glass, although this is very 
slow.. but it does etch skin quite well..
Cheers,
Dan
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