Hi List, Anyone have any experience using Radio Shack circuit board etching solution?
Count Deiro -----Original Message----- >From: Meteorites USA <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 29, 2009 8:04 PM >To: R N Hartman <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected], MeteoriteList ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Issue with etching via ferric choride > >Hi McCartney, Ron, Listees, > >This might actually be a good topic for an article on the new Meteorite >Wiki. Perhaps an experienced and generous person would be willing to >extend the time to write an extensive and detailed article on it >including information on preservation and stabilization. I'm sure others >would love to learn the process. I would be will to add a few of my >photos to the document and release them into the public domain for all >use. What do you think? > >Regards, >Eric Wichman >Meteorites USA > > > > > >R N Hartman wrote: >> Hello McCartney (and all): >> >> Yes, the etch happens very quickly and you need to terminate it by a >> quick wash under running water. Follow with a rinse in distilled >> water if you want to but we never do and it works fine. You don;t >> have to neutralize it, just wash it off VERY FAST. In fact, I use >> running water to slow down the process as I am doing it, especially if >> I need to etch one section of a surface more. There is a bit of a >> technique - just practice and you will do well. If yo are getting >> staining your washing is incomplete. >> >> Ron Hartman >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "McCartney Taylor" >> <[email protected]> >> To: "MeteoriteList" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:58 PM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Issue with etching via ferric choride >> >> >>> Having a bit of a problem on some etch jobs and having to re-etch a few >>> specimens. >>> >>> How do you rinse/neutralize your ferric after the etch? I'm getting >>> remnant staining and sometimes corrosion. I'm doing something wrong. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -mt >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > >______________________________________________ >http://www.meteoritecentral.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
