Restoration Tip: Electrolysis Derusting

[Jordan Baker]

HI Greg

Here is my setup that I used very succesfully during the summer. I got a large plastic container at CDN tire along with the battery charger. This charger has both 6/12 volt charging and 100amp boosting assist. I also got a product from the super market called "Washing Soda" Stewart Loy put me onto this stuff. I think it cost about $6 for the box.

Anyway I hooked up fence wire leads running to all the metal anodes. This has the red battery clamp going to it. The other piece of wire was clipped to the black clamp. On some parts i just clamped the black hookup directly to it.

Fill up the container with water and add a couple of handfulls of the washing soda. Stir it all up. Hook the part you want cleaned and submerge it into the water. make sure you have hooked the part to be cleaned up to the negative terminal. Don't let it touch any of the anodes either. Turn on the battery charger and let it do its thing. I found that having it on the 100amp boosting setting worked the best and the fastest. Also you need really good conections on your hookups.

This first photo shows my setup. I did this away from any buildings just in case I messed up.