[TheForge] Etching Damascus

[Roger R Degner]

You need Ferric chloride
Don't have the radio shack bottle handy to see what the name is but
isn't it PC enchant.
Mix the radio shack bottle to 4 parts water.  The Radio shack stuff is
already diluted so if you by dry ferric chloride you have to dilute it
more

Roger R Degner


Okay, I know you guys are gonna say, "This boy hasn't been paying
attention all these year!"  But, here goes.  I just finish my first
pattern welded blade and I'm ready to treat it to make the pattern stand
out.   Here are my questions:
 
What is the name of the circuit board etchant one can buy at Radio
Shack? What is the procedure for using this stuff on a blade?  (Straight
up or diluted?  How long?  How or if to neutralize?)
 
I know all of these questions have been answered many times.  But I
wasn't paying attention because I hadn't made my first blade yet.
Sheech!
 
Aubrey