I think in big round figures it costs about 150pp each to make.
With a merchant value of 140, you lose about 10pp each with a big loss of 150 for failures.
Not too bad. Better than it seems I think. The killer with these solutions is making the Aqua Regia.
I imagine you are skilling up with this recipe. It is excellent to get over the 200 mark and on to the 203 trivial.
You might be thinking as I was that you need the New Taanan AA to get over the 200 tradeskill limit if you have another tradeskill over 200. After all, spell research is not limited to one race like Tinkering or Poison or Alchemy.
Surprise! You don't need the AA. Just keep making this solution right past 200 all the way to 203. My Enchanter ran out to get the 3 AA and then discovered the good news. Happily before he spent the AA.
Edited, Oct 13th 2008 3:21pm by morromid