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Benzotriazole Removal

Ted recently recommended someone use benzotriazole as a corrosion inhibitor for copper. It does work well. I would like to know if anyone has had success in cleaning copper that has been treated with triazole based inhibitors and what that process might be?

Kurt Sammons
Plater - Inman, South Carolina
February 25, 2009

February 26, 2009

Hi, Kurt. My recollection from vinyl record days is that manufacturers were able to clean benzotriazole treated copper masters with simply isopropyl alcohol ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] and a tampico brush. But memories are faulty things :-)

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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