What are the known etchants useful for boards made with electroplated tin
etch resists ? We have been using alkaline sulfate based etchant which works
very well, even with a 1 um bright tin plating thickness. Ammonium
persulfate etchant was shown to attack tin.

Also are there any advantages of stripping the tin when no solder mask will
be used ?

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