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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: CuCl etching

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2004-10-04

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:02:17 -0000, Phil <phil1960us@...> wrote:

>
>
> Agreed, glass is far better but... 31% HCl is sold in the US
> (probably elsewhere) in plastic gallon bottles. I've had one sitting
> in my basement from when I finished my remodel and they acid washed
> the brick. Its about 1/2 full and no problems (no residue, container
> was fine). SG test showed it to have the correct SG. My remodel was
> finished 3 years ago. The recycle logo (2) on the bottle says it HDPE.
>


Same here. But after years (2 or 3) salt forms on the ouside of the
bottle.
also the plastic gets dimples. i put it in a cutoff "outer" bottle so i
needn't touch
the salts. Not a problem but it is very slightly attacked. The salts
seemed to form faster on the bottle i used to store the CuCl, which was a
PP bottle i think.
I wonder a lot about this hcl brick washing thing. I hear it so often i
must ask
google for a description.

ST