Ah, cool! Ferric is good, but be prepared for everything you own to turn yellow lol.
We did a bit of aluminium etching using copper sulphate, which is cheap and easy but the etching process is pretty hectic - lots of spitting and fizzing
I am leaning towards the caustic soda method at the moment, slower but less discolouration. I have some old aluminium plate to experiment with.
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