archerytech1
Active member
Hello all.
I'm new to the forum and am in need of maybe a suggestion on my plan or maybe just the needed confidence to go ahead as planned.
I have read Hokes online book as well as countless vids and read some on this forum but still a little gun shy on my next go-round.
I have successfully processed ram fingers several times now and the hands on has been invaluable and taught me a few things to tweak my future finger processing.
I'll give a list of the things and chems that I have and then ask for a little guidance on my next project.
I have a safe place to do this, good Pyrex beakers, protection equip, glass rods and such, hot plate (haven't used it). Basically all of the necessary hardware.
Chems I have currently
SMB,Urea,Peroxide, Clorox, Muriatic, Nitric,
So far during fingers processing I have only used AP,SMB, Bleach and Peroxide. I have not used the Nitric or Urea and results have been fine.
So for my upcoming run I have a little over 3 pounds of these double sided boards shown in the pictures. Both sides are all plated as shown in the scratch marks in the pic. They are clean and never been populated so that's great right? To remove the green mask my plan is to boil them in some Lye water and brush it off. Sound good so far?
Next my plan is to treat them just like fingers and use AP to free up the gold and then filter wash filter wash then Muriatic+ bleach to dissolve into solution. After in solution I will filter then SMB then wash and melt. Basically the same as I have done my fingers. I just need the confidence boost. I think the same process will work for these as the fingers as far as I can tell/know. Am I right?
I'm still really new to this and don't want to mess around with 3 lbs of these thin boards because I think I could have a decent yield.
If you think I'm good to go please let me know. This will be my biggest run to date and I'm just a bit worried.
I would appreciate the help. And look forward to the day my confidence is high enough to offer my knowledge to someone some day on the subject.
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I'm new to the forum and am in need of maybe a suggestion on my plan or maybe just the needed confidence to go ahead as planned.
I have read Hokes online book as well as countless vids and read some on this forum but still a little gun shy on my next go-round.
I have successfully processed ram fingers several times now and the hands on has been invaluable and taught me a few things to tweak my future finger processing.
I'll give a list of the things and chems that I have and then ask for a little guidance on my next project.
I have a safe place to do this, good Pyrex beakers, protection equip, glass rods and such, hot plate (haven't used it). Basically all of the necessary hardware.
Chems I have currently
SMB,Urea,Peroxide, Clorox, Muriatic, Nitric,
So far during fingers processing I have only used AP,SMB, Bleach and Peroxide. I have not used the Nitric or Urea and results have been fine.
So for my upcoming run I have a little over 3 pounds of these double sided boards shown in the pictures. Both sides are all plated as shown in the scratch marks in the pic. They are clean and never been populated so that's great right? To remove the green mask my plan is to boil them in some Lye water and brush it off. Sound good so far?
Next my plan is to treat them just like fingers and use AP to free up the gold and then filter wash filter wash then Muriatic+ bleach to dissolve into solution. After in solution I will filter then SMB then wash and melt. Basically the same as I have done my fingers. I just need the confidence boost. I think the same process will work for these as the fingers as far as I can tell/know. Am I right?
I'm still really new to this and don't want to mess around with 3 lbs of these thin boards because I think I could have a decent yield.
If you think I'm good to go please let me know. This will be my biggest run to date and I'm just a bit worried.
I would appreciate the help. And look forward to the day my confidence is high enough to offer my knowledge to someone some day on the subject.