[TheForge] mokume gane up the pattern

[James Binnion]

Once you dissolve the iron in HCL you add 3% hydrogen peroxide (slowly!!!) to the solution of ferrous chloride and you have ferric chloride. For a step by step see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Xsh9J7S-g


On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Bruce . wrote:

> Not iron filings -- iron rust.  I made that mistake too.  If you
> pickle iron filings, you get FerrOUS chloride, colored with a little
> ferrIC chloride (which is why it fools us).  When that oxidizes, it
> will all become ferric, but that might take a while.
> 
> Instead, pickle off all the rust on your scrap iron and  you'll get
> (mostly) ferric chloride directly.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/22/2013 10:10 PM, Dr. Stephen A Bloom wrote:
>>> 
>>> At 09:02 PM 2/22/2013, James wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ferric chloride, ebay
>>> 
>>> 
>>> or micromart
>>> ---http://www.micromark.com/ferric-chloride-etchant-16-oz,8350.html
>>> $6.76/pt
>> 
>> 
>> Or just make your own.  Get a gallon of HCl, dump in a pile of iron filings
>> and before long you will have FeCl.
>> 
>> ___________________________________________
> -- 
> Bruce
> NJ
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James Binnion
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