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Re: How to handle Ferric Chloride safely and in environmental...

2003-11-14 by wheedal99

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan > 
> Do you have any gas bubbles at the nails?
> any smell of clor?

Thats what I was thinking too.  I played with doing this a few months 
ago and noticed I had the PSU cranked up too high and started 
bubbling up some gas (clorine?).  Lowered the voltage and it seemed 
to stop.  I'd still suggest that maybe this would be a thing to do 
outdoors.

The copper plates really fast BTW, and probably would be a good quick 
way to keep the solution going.  I got carried away and started 
plating anything stainless/metal I could find and ended up 
contaminating the bath so I tossed it in favor of a new big bottle.  
We'll see again when this one gets too slow.

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