Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, 06 May 2006 23:10:56 +0200, lcdpublishing  
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

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> 3) I know that for some chemical etchants, you use heaters to speed
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> up the process.  I recall someone telling me not to use a heater
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> with Ferric Chloride so I never did.  However, I did buy a fish tank
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> heater, but never used it.  I don't mind waiting 20 minutes to etch
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> a board if it is safer than doing it faster with the heater.  If a
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> heater is okay to use with this stuff, at what temperature should I
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> shoot for? (SAFELY!)
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> Thanks guys!
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> Chris


FeCl is best at about 45C to 50C i think.

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