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Subject: Re: sprayer tank construction

From: "Steve" <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2005-03-25

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@d...>
wrote:
> Some of the low-cost bubble etching tanks are made from PVC.

I have had some long conversations with my local plastics guy over the
past few days, and he tells me that lexan, plexiglas, polycarbonate
are not good in constant contact with chemicals.

That PVC and it's variants, and styrene have good water, alcohol, and
chemical resistance.

Steve Greenfield