De-Rust using electricity

[Etienne MacGyver]

Hi everyone,

I was just viewing some youtube video's and it looks quite easy.

has anyone here done such a thing ?

all it takes is Soda natriumcarbonate (washing soda)  and a battery charger as far as i can folow it..

would it do the same as the chemical deruster products we have seen here on various restauration posts ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQNvhUYqCkw

[Dazza]

Very interesting..... looks like it gives GREAT results!

[ataritoobin]

Whoa!  Very interesting, could have used this technique on some of my recent projects !

I think the tricky part though would be to get the nuts/bolts off with the built up rust/crust on the tail end of the bolts to be submerged in the solution (e.g. if they were attached to wood panels).  However, if you made a bigger tank in theory you could dunk larger parts (like that entire PCB cage) in there...very interesting!

[Etienne MacGyver]

Indeed, a bigger tank could hold bigger parts like car doors or fenders  

this guy build a 400 gallon tank which is around 1500 Liters 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C83xMYAnCOI

More derustig vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlsNucmbiE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4yYF8gSHdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBQqvXfYj9s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAIZxow8Q9o

[vernimark]

very interesting.


and what do you think about this?

http://www.metalrescue.com/home.aspx

[Etienne MacGyver]

dont know, it looks like all other derust producs, and thus chemical.

i was so impressed about the soda technique that its just soda and water and thus very enviromental friendly i guess