Take it all off

[Trahere]

Great post, PineRidge! Think that process would work on a rusty noggin?

 

[Tom_Veatch]

Another VERY interesting post Mike. That is a great idea. Do you suppose it would work for some of those really rusty antique plows and things I see on people's back yards or farm lots?

It will work very well for any iron/steel item - probably other metals as well, but I can't speak to that. Just be VERY, VERY sure that you don't reverse the electrical connections. I can't stress that point enough. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT reverse the connection!!

I've often used this technique to clean and restore old woodworking tools and it works beautifully. However, I inadvertently reversed the connections on an excellent example of an old #113 Stanley Circular Plane, left it in the electrolysis bath overnight and totally destroyed it. It looked like it had been dissolved in an acid bath.

I remember it this way: RED means STOP! DANGER! The red lead of the battery charger is the positive lead. Do NOT connect the RED (STOP, DANGER) lead to the part you are cleaning. It won't happen instaneously, but given enough time, a reverse connection WILL ruin the part.

 

[PineRidge]

Kenny the more amps you pump into the soup the quicker the job gets done. I'm only using a little battery charger so I put the parts in the soup and go on with my other work, occasionally checking them with a long handled wire brush until I think the're done. I then quickly hit them with the pressure washer which knocks off all the loose stuff making them look "new" again.

Hours for small parts, days for large parts. If you read the story on my link you'll see that someone used a DC welder for a supply source. I'll bet the soup boiled with that little addition.

Be careful out there!

 

[PineRidge]

Great post, PineRidge! Think that process would work on a rusty noggin?

Might be, but I aint trying it nosireebob!

 

[Doc_Bob]

The bubbles that you see in the tank are explosive, flammable hydrogen gas so use caution, don't smoke, and please do this outdoors!

Mike, given your pure genius, next step is to save the hydrogen and burn it in some device you will find to amuse us all !
Bob

 

[SPIKER]

Mike, given your pure genius, next step is to save the hydrogen and burn it in some device you will find to amuse us all !
Bob

Maybe he can use that hydrogen to clean out the rusty noggen?

I've known about this for a long while still haven't had time energy or the right parts to try it out on except for this 2 btm Fergy plow I recently bought.

Mark M

 

[midlf]

check this TBN post for another description of this process.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...y-charger.html?highlight=rust+battery+charger

I would have never thought of using this process for something that big. But will now consider it. Pineridge's before snow plow pictures are pristine compared to mine.

 

[Glowplug]

This is really neat. I vaguely remember this process from college chemistry but had never thought about how it could be applied practically. I wonder if distilled or deionized water would be better than tap water. Probably not. It probably actually helps with conductivity to have some minerals in the water. But I guess that's what the washing soda is for. Makes me want to go get an old rusted plow and a big battery!

 

[PineRidge]

The blade portion of my Myers has been in the soup for over a week straight and is still slowly cooking. I keep pulling and cleaning the rebar electrodes as they get gunked up pretty quickly. Hitting them with the power washer works wonders before they are put back to work...

 

[Mustangous]

This sound great... I cant wait to see the plow after its done. I am going to look into this process...
Thanks