Rangie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Er, no. Head to the nearest agricultural suppliers or if you are friendly with a farmer, go see them and ask after an empty 205L plastic drum. Cut the top off, hey presto! Or get a couple and slice the second one down for smaller parts. Free drum, cheap washing soda, a few gallons of water, some scrap offcuts of rebar for anodes, a power supply and a bulb for a current limiter, lash at it! :-D Alec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 OK, so my pot of soda is bubbling away, and a nice rusty coloured scum is floating around on top of the bowl. Great so far. Now, supposing I wanted to de-rust a load of nuts and bolts or other small parts; should I tie them all to a copper wire and suspend them in the liquid, or should I be using steel wire? or doesn't it matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Offer to do some gardening, dig a sort of tank-shaped hole, put a plastic liner in it, do electrolysis for a couple of days, finish the "gardening". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongJohn Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 OK, so my pot of soda is bubbling away, and a nice rusty coloured scum is floating around on top of the bowl. Great so far. Now, supposing I wanted to de-rust a load of nuts and bolts or other small parts; should I tie them all to a copper wire and suspend them in the liquid, or should I be using steel wire? or doesn't it matter? Use steel wire, soft metals don't last too long in this solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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