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Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« on: 06 August 2020, 22:59:15 »

Has anyone else set one of these up to put rusty parts in?

I set one up a couple of months ago and it's the best thing I've ever found for removing rust, completely.

I'm now using my blue wheelie bin to put larger parts in  :). Easy to set up, just a sacrifical anode plate and a power supply wired to the anode and the part in the water. Add some baking soda and it starts bubbling the rust off.

Unfortunatley I don't yet have a tank big enough to put whole omega in!!
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #1 on: 06 August 2020, 23:11:19 »

Has anyone else set one of these up to put rusty parts in?

I set one up a couple of months ago and it's the best thing I've ever found for removing rust, completely.

I'm now using my blue wheelie bin to put larger parts in  :). Easy to set up, just a sacrifical anode plate and a power supply wired to the anode and the part in the water. Add some baking soda and it starts bubbling the rust off.

Unfortunatley I don't yet have a tank big enough to put whole omega in!!


Maybe Lord Opti will let you use his swimming pool!  :y       ;D
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #2 on: 07 August 2020, 10:16:13 »

Why do I sense, doing something like this being done by a Brackley member, might not go well,, isn't the gas produced by electrolysis Explosive :D
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #3 on: 07 August 2020, 10:37:53 »

Has anyone else set one of these up to put rusty parts in?

I set one up a couple of months ago and it's the best thing I've ever found for removing rust, completely.

I'm now using my blue wheelie bin to put larger parts in  :) . Easy to set up, just a sacrifical anode plate and a power supply wired to the anode and the part in the water. Add some baking soda and it starts bubbling the rust off.

Unfortunatley I don't yet have a tank big enough to put whole omega in!!


Next step is a basic nickel plating kit to refinish your newly cleaned parts.


Having  a big enough tank to put the whole Omega in would provide a new way of getting rid of a rusty hulk: you could pour it down the drain :)
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #4 on: 07 August 2020, 15:47:36 »

Why do I sense, doing something like this being done by a Brackley member, might not go well,, isn't the gas produced by electrolysis Explosive :D

Only in an enclosed area, it's basically the same as a battery venting hydrogen.
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #5 on: 07 August 2020, 15:50:14 »



Maybe Lord Opti will let you use his swimming pool!  :y       ;D

Scary that I actually thought of that as an idea!
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #6 on: 07 August 2020, 16:09:39 »

Why do I sense, doing something like this being done by a Brackley member, might not go well,, isn't the gas produced by electrolysis Explosive :D

Only in an enclosed area, it's basically the same as a battery venting hydrogen.


   I thought so. 
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Re: Electrolysis Tank - Rust Removal
« Reply #7 on: 07 August 2020, 23:30:56 »

never tried electrolosys yet but have had good results over the years with deox-c
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