Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
The Amazon page says:
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35% Reduced to 12%
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Steven Greenfield AE7HD
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Steven Greenfield AE7HD
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
I hafe to add my experience with aerating etching solutions.? I had a tank using ammonium persulfate.? I etched in a closet in my carport.? After a dozen or so, i looked and the heads of all the
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dale.chatham
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
Before calling someone a liar, you would be wise to investigate, though I was wrong that they sold 33%.? Actually, it is
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dale.chatham
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
I seriously doubt that Amazon sells 33% H2O2. It's a significant pain in the neck involving considerable additional packaging precautions, with attendant higher costs and liabilities, to ship
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Jim Higgins <HigginsJ@...>
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
Received from Harvey White at 3/23/2019 07:08 PM UTC:
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Jim Higgins <HigginsJ@...>
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Re: Preparing Cupric Chloride Etching Solution
I can almost guarantee it will... Never had any that lasted.
If you can't do that, then you
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Harvey White
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
The "top up the solution" is meant to add enough H2O2 to restore the
solution to good operation, but NOT to replace a lot of water. You
want to maintain the overall concentration. The goal (I think)
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Harvey White
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
High concentrations of H2O2 result in VERY exothermic reactions. Etching
takes place in seconds. Lots of heat. Lots of acrid fumes. Do outside or
with a good hood. Have water available to put your
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Mark Lerman
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Re: Preparing Cupric Chloride Etching Solution
Received from Dave at 3/23/2019 04:30 PM UTC:
At your local pet/aquarium store. A fritted glass bubbler will be all glass... a glass tube with an enlarged porous end on it. Describe it like that if
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Jim Higgins <HigginsJ@...>
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
33% can be obtained from Amazon?Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Tablet
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dale.chatham
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
Noted.
Thanks,
Dave
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Dave
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
My wife owns a beauty shop so I already have a gallon of the good stuff. :-) But she did buy it from Sally Beauty Supply.
Thanks,
Dave
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Dave
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Re: Preparing Cupric Chloride Etching Solution
Thank you very much Jim. Great info and very helpful. I really appreciate it. :-) One question though, when I look up "fritted glass bubbler" I mainly find bongs. Where is a good place to buy a
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Dave
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Preparing Cupric Chloride Etching Solution
OVERVIEW:
This is a simple procedure for preparing 1 liter of cupric chloride etching solution. The tradeoff for the simplicity is a bit of patience as it may take a while to complete the
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Jim Higgins <HigginsJ@...>
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
Do be careful, since the drugstore concentration is far less than the
various products available in beauty supply stores.
I'd think that the best use is as follows:
1) build the etchant with
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Harvey White
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
I found Sally Beauty Supply to be a good source for H2O2. I recall the "volume" rating is a bit more than 3x the concentration, so "30 Volume" H2O2 is 10% concentration.
Donald.
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Donald H Locker
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
Thanks Steve,
? I guess I almost knew that. :) I just haven't mixed any up yet. I read somewhere about sacrificial copper wire and I guess just etching some boards does the same thing, but if you
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Dave
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Re: Bubble Tank DIY Plans
" Could you explain more on how to make the mix with the copper wire? I like the idea of less corrosive fumes. "
Cupric chloride is what that sounds like. If you mix hydrochloric acid and hydrogen
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Steven Greenfield AE7HD
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Re: Metcal Power Supply testing?
Thanks for the info. Probably top secret values on those 2 components. :-
Dave
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Dave
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Re: Metcal Power Supply testing?
Cool, thanks for taking the time to test/verify that.
Dave
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Dave
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