I suspect that the water you used was not hot enough . I had the same problem recently - I tried hot water out of the tap but it would not etch. so I then used boiling water in the right quantity with the sp and had no problem with etching. The board etched in about 5 mins Regards Tony Magon Sydney Australia P.O. wrote: > > Does anyone use sodium persulfate as etchant? > I'm makeing my first pcb using toner transfer from kodak-paper. But the > etchant doesn't work very well. > I use about 0,8 dl etchant for 4 dl of water@ca 50° in a plastic bowl > that and moved stirred it pretty much the first hour... The pcb is > about 4x3 cm big. > Now it has been in the etchant all night and only about 1/8 of the > board has etched. > Maybe the kodak-paper left something on the surface? I did iron it > about 60 seconds on both sides. To long? > > /P.O. > > > > > > Be sure to visit the group home and check for new Bookmarks and files: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129indaa4/M=315388.5543473.6613715.3001176/D=groups/S=1705083291:HM/EXP=1099411043/A=2372354/R=0/SIG=12id813k2/*https://www.orchardbank.com/hcs/hcsapplication?pf=PLApply&media=EMYHNL40F21004SS> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Homebrew_PCBs-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Slow etching, Sodium Persulfate?
2004-11-01 by Tony Magon
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