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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Etching Solution Amount

From: "Leon Heller" <leon.heller@...>
Date: 2005-04-25

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hermod Pedersen" <hermod.pedersen@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 10:56 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Etching Solution Amount


>
>
> I wonder if the amount of etch solution could influence the result -- as I
> would like to use a smaller plastic container with a transparent lid (less
> etchant, easier heated and less mess).
>
> To put it in another way:
> Would, say, 2 dl of etchant solution work as efficiently as 1 liter (10
> dl)?
>
> [that would be 7 and 34 ounces (2 pints) for all non-metrics]

I use a relatively small amount of etchant in a plastic food container. It
works very well.

Leon
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