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Subject: Re: Etching note

From: "James" <jamesrsweet@...>
Date: 2010-06-14

>
> Wondering that myself. I suppose the easy answer is "when it stops
> etching to your expectatins". Also is probably a reason bubbling air is
> better than H2O2, but bubbling creates corrosive aerosols.
>



They both work fine. Once it's turned into cupric chloride, it doesn't matter of the peroxide breaks down. You just add a capfull prior to etching if you don't want to wait around for air to regenerate it. It's cool, it almost instantly changes from very dark brownish-green to light green.