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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Reducing CuCl etchant foaming

From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@...>
Date: 2014-02-17

On 17/02/14 14:36, James wrote:
>
> On 17/02/14 16:02, Russell Shaw wrote:
>>
>> If you started with concentrated ferric chloride, it should be diluted 1:1 with
>> water. The water gives "room" for the reactants. I'm assuming the ferric
>>
> I think you are talking cross-purposes here. The poster is having problem with
> Cupric Chloride, not Ferric Chloride.

Maybe i assumed wrong then.

However, i started with 1:1 feric chloride, water, and some HCl, and it
eventually converted to Cupric Chloride etching. But regardless, adequate water
dilution is still needed. A syrupy concentrate will be very slow.