[TheForge] Etching Damascus

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>



Okay, how about a little discussion about the pros and 
cons of the many different solutions that seem to be 
used for etching Damascus.  So far I have run across 
the following:

ferric chloride
ferric chloride mixed with white vinegar
murriatic acid
sodium bisulfate (worked for me)
sulfuric acid

I'm sure there must be more, and good reasons for using 
or not using them all.

Aubrey



I've heard of: Lemon juice, lime juice, white vinegar 
and mustard being used as echants.

Naval Jelly, Ospho, etc. are phosphoric acid and I 
don't know how they'd work.

Frosty
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