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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Muriatic Acid and Peroxide Brew

From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Date: 2008-07-02

"Bertho Boman" <boman01@...> writes:
> You have a lot of patience!

Well, if I'm in a hurry I can hand etch with hot FeCl and a sponge in
under a minute. For now, with the CuCl, I just put it in and go do
something else. Usually work ;-)

Once the CuCl bath is fully built, it should etch in a few minutes.

> To get good results I think it is important to have lots of
> agitation to avoid the etchant to locally saturate.

The tank has an air bubbler in it to keep things moving around. I
might build a new bubbler rig to get more even air bubbles, and on
both sides of the board.

Meanwhile I move the board around every 10 minutes or so.