Yeah it's good stuff , but it is caustic so really watch it on aluminum I left an intake manifold in a 50/50 mix for two days and it ruined it lol
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Electrolysis Tank
- Thread starter cuervo
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Yeah it's good stuff , but it is caustic so really watch it on aluminum I left an intake manifold in a 50/50 mix for two days and it ruined it lol
This is the same method they use to reclaim stuff from shipwrecks like coins,and cannons,other metal objects...from what I gather,the current goes into the object to be de-rusted and flows towards the anodes,sort of like the opposite of welding,instead of depositing metal,your removing the corrosion and oxides from the inside out...
I bet it ends up cleaner than sandblasting,and without loss of any good metal..
As for the wire mesh cover,maybe plastic coated fence or some other non conductive stuff would have to be used so as not to short out across the anodes...
One guy on another forum found his cat dead in the tank he made and was using one morning, and he and his family was devastated,they had it for 12 years...
--evidently it climbed up on some stuff next to the tub and he doesn't know if it tried taking a drink, or fell in,and was either electrocuted or drowned..
The day after,he found a dead mouse floating in the tank,so he thought the cat may have been chasing it the day before,and it fell in,and the mouse got away..only the cat knows what really happened..
I bet it ends up cleaner than sandblasting,and without loss of any good metal..
As for the wire mesh cover,maybe plastic coated fence or some other non conductive stuff would have to be used so as not to short out across the anodes...
One guy on another forum found his cat dead in the tank he made and was using one morning, and he and his family was devastated,they had it for 12 years...
--evidently it climbed up on some stuff next to the tub and he doesn't know if it tried taking a drink, or fell in,and was either electrocuted or drowned..
The day after,he found a dead mouse floating in the tank,so he thought the cat may have been chasing it the day before,and it fell in,and the mouse got away..only the cat knows what really happened..
I was thinking wood lattice would be a good non conductive cover.
Not to get too far ahead of myself here, but combine the tank with either eastwood blackening oxide or zinc oxide(galvanizing) and you've got a pretty good system for parts protection. Something way better then painting.
Not to get too far ahead of myself here, but combine the tank with either eastwood blackening oxide or zinc oxide(galvanizing) and you've got a pretty good system for parts protection. Something way better then painting.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
I LOL about this. The first time I saw this was on the PowerBlock about 12 years ago.
I did a complete small block Chevy 400 work great. That had been sitting w/o heads.
For as well as it works you'd think there would be more people talking about.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
I know right?
cuervo It is hard to read what you have to say, since your Avatar started working again.
I like how she smiles when she sees me staring.....
Focus boys, FOCUS!!!
Best avatar ever!
We are focused on the Avatar.
It was the PITS when you had to click on user name to get it to work
Must have been some "IT" gremlin that made it work again, congrats to whom ever.
It was the PITS when you had to click on user name to get it to work
Must have been some "IT" gremlin that made it work again, congrats to whom ever.
A quick video of caliper bracket. This is 6 hours from yesterday. I did not run it overnight.
Before and after; probably 15 hours in the tank.
