When I made boards back in the late 70's I used ammonium persulfate most of the time. Works good, no stains. I have no idea if it's still readily available or where to get it. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------ At 06:56 PM 7/2/2017, you wrote: >I have been using ferric to etch boards for a while now. Recently I >got lucky and came into a cache of 1973 vintage copper clad PCB >stock, which will enable me to make some reproduction pieces that >are pretty much indistinguishable from originals in terms of >look. However, I have noticed that the ferric solution stains these >boards, adding a yellowish tint. Is there any way to avoid >this? Or clean it after?
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Ferric chloride staining PCB substrate
2017-07-03 by D. Beans