Homebrew PCBs

Leon

I truly hope all will be well with your eye! I'm thankfull you took
the time to post this here so as it serves as a warning to others!

I ALWAYS wear eye gloves when working with any dangerous chemicals. I
first also thought to get away without doint it, but then once also
spoiled a bit. Even though nothing came into the eyes, I just realized
what COULD have happened and this then made me think twice. Wearing
protective eye gloves IS a pain but loosing the eye light is no
alternative.

Markus

>I was etching a PCB a few minutes ago. I thought I'd beef up the 
>FeCl3 with a little HCl so I went in the other room, got the bottle 
>and opened it. On my back to the kitchen sink where I was doing the 
>etching I tripped, splashed a little of the HCl into my face (luckily 
>the cap was still partly on) and dropped the bottle. A little of the 
>acid went into my left eye so I put my head under the tap and flushed 
>the eye out thoroughly. Of course, I shouldn't have removed the cap 
>until I was at the sink. I suppose I ought to get the eye checked, 
>but I can see perfectly out of it, although it's a little sore, so I 
>won't bother. The effect was like peeling onions, but a *lot* worse. 
>Onions generate H2SO4 when the juice gets into the eyes, same sort of 
>effect.
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>It's 30% HCl, BTW, quite concentrated.
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>Leon
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