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>But can battery acid be used as an etchant?
> Two completely different mineral acids you are talking about. Hydrochloric
> produces Chlorine gas, and I promise it will corrode things in the vacinity.
> Sulpuric is not as bad about corroding things near it, although take a look
> at the battery tray in an older vehicle for an example of what it can do.
> Neither is particularly dangeraos compared to say Hydrofluric acid; it is
> horrible and very dangerous (etches / dissolves glass, even).