yes... Brewer protex works great and we have used it.. to protect against KOH .. it gets removed with acetone.. however if you have small dies and not the wafer it did not work.. we used room temp PECVD process to grow hydrogenated DLC as etch stop in that.... case hope that helps.. N Joe Lonjinwrote: Brewer Science has a new material called protek which is specifically for KOH/TMAH etching. Go to their web site, all the info is there.