[Jewelry making - Article 00940] - Re: [Orchid] Chemical etching of copper

[Kay Vontz]

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>             If you are not etching your copper upside down, give it a
>     try. In an Arrowmont workshop (sorry, can't remember which one) we
>     taped masking tape to the back side and laid the piece on fiber
>     scrubbies (supermarket) in Pyrex dishes. The sludge that forms can
>     than fall out. This results in a cleaner etch. 

    Marilyn, I like the idea of fiber scrubbies - When I learned to etch
    in class we used a plastic shoe box to contain the ferric chloride,
    then put tape on the back of the piece to be etched and suspended it
    in the ferric chloride by extending the tape to either side of the
    shoe box.  I also read that the copper to be etched could rest on
    two pieces of sytrofoam as well.  But in any case, we also always 
    suspended the item upside down.  Works great for me.   Kay


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