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Subject: Re: How to handle Ferric Chloride safely and in environmental...

From: "wheedal99" <wheedal@...>
Date: 2003-11-14

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan >
> Do you have any gas bubbles at the nails?
> any smell of clor?

Thats what I was thinking too. I played with doing this a few months
ago and noticed I had the PSU cranked up too high and started
bubbling up some gas (clorine?). Lowered the voltage and it seemed
to stop. I'd still suggest that maybe this would be a thing to do
outdoors.

The copper plates really fast BTW, and probably would be a good quick
way to keep the solution going. I got carried away and started
plating anything stainless/metal I could find and ended up
contaminating the bath so I tossed it in favor of a new big bottle.
We'll see again when this one gets too slow.