Homebrew PCBs

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:53:42 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:

>In article <igb6m8+je59@...>,
>   nathan_h_tna <nathan_h_tna@...> wrote:
>> I was thinking of buying a good sized sheet of fairly thin acrylic from
>> Lowes or Home Depot, cutting it up into two big pieces for the front and
>> back of the tank, two tall but narrow pieces for the sides, and then
>> gluing it all together with some of that plastic weld stuff. 
>
>I was looking at doing that too. My existing (commercial) bubble-etch tank
>is on the way out. However, investigating the chemical resistant
>properties of acrylic I discovered that after a very short time, Ferric
>Chloride will cause it to craze and crack.

Rubbermaid or the equivalent plastic cereal container.  Takes lots of
etchant, but has never deteriorated.  Be careful with some of the
sealing rings, they disintegrate.

Worked with FeCL3 and CuCL etchants, never leaked.

Harvey

>
>What the experience of others on this list is, I wait to see the comments
>here.