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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] CuCl Tank and silicone

From: GARY WEBB <glwdoublewing@...>
Date: 2010-04-26

If I were building an etching tank I would contact Master Bond to ask
what adhesive/sealant they would recommend. I'd be surprised if they
don't have a solution.
 
Gary Webb NI9V 

--- On Sun, 4/25/10, anachrocomputer <anachrocomputer@...> wrote:


From: anachrocomputer <anachrocomputer@...>
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] CuCl Tank and silicone
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 1:52 PM


 




--- On Sun, 25/4/10, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@ gmx.at> wrote:
> From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@ gmx.at>
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] CuCl Tank and silicone
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Sunday, 25 April, 2010, 7:46 PM

> Slowly but surely I get the
> impression silicone is just not suitable
> to make CuCl tanks with.

At last week's Dorkbot Bristol, we had a talk on making PCBs
(by UV exposure method) and the speaker mentioned this. He'd
used silicone sealer on an etching tank, and found that it had
leaked. The etchant had a warning on the label about not using
silicone sealer in contact with the liquid. But no-one knew
why this should be, chemically speaking.

--
John Honniball











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