tmajor
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- Joined
- Oct 9, 2007
- Messages
- 704
- Location
- NE PA
- Tractor
- 2010 MF 1529, Woods ZTR MZ1952, National Mower sickle bar circa 1963
Everybody I know, who has a tractor or machinery has encountered RUST. But what I'm thinking about, are those pieces, which are frozen together or pretty nasty for refinishing. This weekend, I decided to try "electrolysis" for removing rust. You can find YouTube videos on the process. It's cheap, not much labor and effective. For my experiment, I selected a small cast iron table base, which was pretty nasty, but cleaned up good. The process, involves water, washing soda, an anode rod (or 2) and a battery charger. This particular item and condition took about 24 hours of "cooking". I pulled the piece after about 18 hours, but put it back in the bath for about another 4 hours. I cleaned off the anode rods for the 2nd bath.
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