Restoration Tip: Electrolysis Derusting

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

...is what you tell your wife when you buy one too many CMP.....


Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide (NaOH, also known as 'caustic soda') or historically potassium hydroxide (KOH, from hydrated potash).

Not sure what the relationship is between "caustic soda" and "Washing soda" but I know it is not club soda.....!!!!

Boob

Bob.
Sodium bi carbonate will make you burp after a bad night in the barn..
Sodium bicarbonate, also called sodium hydrogen carbonate and commonly known as baking soda, has NaHCO3 for a chemical formula.

Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda or soda ash), Na2CO3 is a sodium salt of carbonic acid.

Don't mix them up unless you want to wash your insides..
I use it all the time..Mix in a spray bottle with water it will remove grease too.Great stuff.
Sold under the name Boraxo or those fancy products that remove stains off anything you can think of...
Just a fancy ,expensive way to get your money for cheap washing soda..
All the same stuff..Sodium carbonate...not BI CARBONATE...Sodium CARBONATE<<>