Dear Chin-Jen Chiang I think that protek is better than black wax for koh wet etching protection. Giancarlo Canavese Department of mechanics Politecnico di Torino C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Turin (ITALY) Tel. +39-011-5646969 Fax. +39-011-5646999 Tel. +39-011-9114899 Fax. +39-011-9136490 Cell. +39-338-4400661 e-mail: giancarlo.canavese@polito.it; http://www.polito.it/micronanotech http://www.latemar.polito.it --------------------------------------------------