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Comment by joshumax

Not just regular nitric acid either, but red/white fuming nitric acid in many cases!

Back during my teenage years I used to make the stuff for decapping projects and amateur rocketry by grabbing the ingredients from our local hardware store and distilling it in a make-your-own-moonshine kit I bought off of craigslist.

Worked great up until the police were called because the store employees thought I was making bombs. I hear heating up sulfuric acid is the better way to decap epoxy chips nowadays.

parent joshumax 1 month ago

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