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I finally got an etching project finished successfully! Yeah! Here's a link to a picture of it: http://picasaweb.google.com/cvcarufel/JewelryShots/photo#5228825230675725634 I had lots of trouble getting the transfer accomplishedl. I scrubbed that puppy so many times I thought I'd have prune hads...
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Addie, Thanks for the link for ferric nitrate. I had heard of it, but couldn't find where to buy it. I'm actually happy with the results I'm getting with the nitric acid, now that I have found the right resist. It works in 30 minutes, and it is not as scary as everyone says. Good common sense...
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Addie, Linda, and all....... The etching mordant I am using is sold by Rio Grande. The MSDS sheet says it is nitric acid. I tried using staedler red permanent marker, and sharpie, which both are supposed to work with ferric chloride, but I can tell you from experience, they do not work with nitric acid...
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So! Did you ever get this to work for you? I just tried etching last week, myself, and, BOY, have I had problems! After trying lots of stuff, this is what I ended up learning: I use a big pad of paper for the back, put my clean silver on that, and the PnP Blue transfer on top of that. With the iron set...
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