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It was ferric chloride that I was using but that was for brass and copper.
I had a shot with some other acid, hydrochloric or something, but you had to dissolve some copper in the acid and maybe mix something else in to start with and that just got really fizzy and exothermic and I shat myself and had to dump a load of baking soda in it to neutralise the reaction. That was the final straw for me with etching. Now I’ve got a few bottles of acid hiding under the kitchen sink and no idea what to do with them!
M_V
So, acid etching for headbadges? I've been meaning to try it with stainless. I gather from Bookface that you've done it before - what acid did you use? I've tried using ferric chloride, which didn't work at all.