Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

previous by date index next by date
previous in topic topic list next in topic

Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Muriatic acid and H2O2

From: John Popelish <jpopelish@...>
Date: 2006-06-26

mark.mickelsen wrote:
> I'm considering using this combination as an echant and I was wondering
> if anyone could give me some tips as to how to dispose of it safely
> when I'm through with it. Also, some tips as to how to tell when it is
> all used up a I need to throw it away. Any help would be appreciated.

Get a box of washing soda (sodium carbonate) from the grocery store.
Slowly add it to the expended etchant, till it stops foaming. This
neutralizes the acid and precipitates all the copper out as copper
carbonate mud. Dump the neutralized liquid down the drain and put the
mud in the trash.