The only way to know how "strong" your CuCl etchant is, is to use a hydrometer. The copper makes the solution more dense, by measuring the density you can determine the copper concentration. See http://members.optusnet.com.au/~eseychell/PCB/etching_CuCl/ for all the details. Note: my solution looks like the photo at the top of Adam's page. "Spent" etchant is opaque BROWN. This may look like dark green at first because it's mixed, but see Figure 5 on Adam's page.
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Oxygen regeneration of CuCl2
2011-05-09 by DJ Delorie