Full Version: Acid Etching Cream
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#12]
24 Mar 2005
To: precisionlaser [#11] 3 Apr 2005
When mixed in the right combination, watch out.
(I hope I remember right that it is hydrochloric and sulphuric, not hydrofluoric and sulphuric. It goes back to nearly the Greek period I believe, and I am not sure if hydrofluoric was available then. It was stored in hardened rubber bottles, something like the old bowling ball material.)
Either of these chemicals in 6 molar solution can eat through almost anything, skin and bone are as tough as air for it to go through.
Together they can get glass also. The cream's formula I do not know, but if it eats through glass it can easily eat through you.
From: glassman (KGLASS) [#13]
3 Apr 2005
To: ALL
You can always tell when someone has been using the acid to etch. they always complain that the ends and edges of thier fingers are pealing. I will take blasting as a first,always wearing a respirator.
glassman