Electrolysis

[greasemonkey]

ive been playing in my garage with rusty parts !!

fantastic results using soda crystals,wifes mop bucket ,2 steel plates , 2 wires,dads gunsons boost start charger,and some water!!!

saves hours of cleaning!! well recomended

wife "have you seen the mop bucket!! ??" er "no" ;-)

[Chris Gibbs]

Any pictures/instructions?

Cheers

Chris :)

[davie h]

i did my back plates this way as well took a while but very little effort i used an old babys bath soda crystals and a old battery charger

just put some of the soda crystals in the water and then conect the neutral terminal of the charger to the part you want to clean and then connect the positive to the metal electrodes i used old bits of 25x25 box section


Before
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2811225795_6b915bba30_m.jpg

[davie h]

After


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2811225923_77d11a841a_m.jpg

after i had finished i used some metal cleaner stuff igot from halfords and then washed them off and dried them in the oven (dont tell the wife) and painted then straight away

Davie

[UncleFista]

I do that, it's good innit ? :)
I love the fact that it's busy de-rusting when I'm in bed.

We also aquired an old dishwasher from freecycle, it's nice to stick a sump in it and not get a rollocking from the missus ;)

[greasemonkey]

here is some info i will take pictures later i f i can

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolytic_derusting.htm

[Jezzer99]

I've used the technique a number of times - most recently to overhaul the front suspension on my MGB. On the really rusty stuff, it's a good idea to dip it a few times and then clean it with a wire brush in between.

When you're close to finishing, I'd say blast over the part with a wire brush in a grinder and then finally dip it again. A nice coat of rust inhibiting primer and then paint... the suspension I did looks lovely in nice hammered black finish :D

[Jezzer99]

BTW, I think the article is on Locostbuilders about the best way to do this...

[chriswakey]

Top way of de-greasing an cleaning engine parts!!! DISH WASHER!!! Tell the wife you think she deserves one then hey presto when she goes to bed you have the perfect parts washer on hand!!!!

[greasemonkey]

great idea!! dont think the mrs would like to find a cylinder head on the top shelf above the cups :D