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Originally Posted by coopduc
Empire - How long is the acid dip? I tried 30 sec and it had absolutely no effect. I was concerned that longer would start to destroy the cells.
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I tried this technique for the first time tonight per the above instructions..results were aces. dunno if you've sorted it out since coopduc, but I attached results and here's what i did/didn't do::
didn't wait to dry to apply rubber cement.
didn't let it cure completely, was still a little tacky, about 10 min. flung it on thinly and hastily. was so paranoid about cells closing on this piece already dipped once (but dye temp was around 125, which i'm sure helped) that i slapped it on right away. lucky maybe.
i DID soak it in bleach about 3-4 mins, didn't take out all dye and i was worried. an overdip on this would be green. yek. but once i put it in the diluted sulfuric the remaining color leached off within 2-3 minutes and there was no problem in pores taking dye uniformly. happy with the pilot project
