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Electrolysis-Have you tried it???

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Baggsy Wy

07-13-2002 15:31:51




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I found something out here on the net awhile back while I was getting an old hit/miss engine running. It was how to use electrolysis to clean rusted parts. Well I got thru the old engine without it, but now this old crossmotor has some things that penetrating oil and wire brush just wasn't cutting. The rocker arms/shafts were one solid mess of rust, as it the rest of the top of the head. So I got some washing soda, a plastic bucket and my battery charger out two days ago. The rocker arms and shafts are now in a plastic bag as bright as the day they were new and loose as a noodle. The first experiment I tried it on was an old tool and it's down to the nickle plating that I didn't even know existed when I started. I've got the sight glass on the air washer so clean it squeaks. I put an old Marvel Shebler carb in it and it looks brand new. I can't believe it! I told my mechanic friend about it and he was skeptical. Now he told me not to tell anybody else!!! My boys call it Witches Brew. I wished I'd have tried it when I had the SI apart. It would have saved me weeks of cleaning. Do any of you guys use it or did your mechanic swear you to secrecy too???

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TB

07-14-2002 14:35:18




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 Re: Electrolysis-Have you tried it??? in reply to Baggsy Wy, 07-13-2002 15:31:51  
Several months ago over on the Paint and Bodywork board or the Restoration and Repair board, it was big topic. I am sure you can find lot's of info over their in the archives. I found it interesting and plan on trying it but haven�t had the chance yet. Here are some links I saved for references. One is http://www.oldengine.org/members/billd/electrol.htm and here is the other. Good luck.

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TB

07-14-2002 14:33:11




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 Re: Electrolysis-Have you tried it??? in reply to Baggsy Wy, 07-13-2002 15:31:51  
Several months ago over on the Paint and Bodywork board or the Restoration and Repair board there, it was big topic. I am sure you can find lot's of info over their in the archives. I found it interesting and plan on trying it but haven�t had the chance yet. Here are some links I saved for references. One is http://www.oldengine.org/members/billd/electrol.htm and here is the other. Good luck.

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Les...fortunate

07-13-2002 17:12:23




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 Re: Electrolysis-Have you tried it??? in reply to Baggsy Wy, 07-13-2002 15:31:51  
Baggsy, I believe you're onto something. Let me in, too.



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Rc

07-13-2002 16:09:31




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 Re: Electrolysis-Have you tried it??? in reply to Baggsy Wy, 07-13-2002 15:31:51  
Baggsy Can you give me directions on how its done? Thanks Rc



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Baggsy

07-13-2002 17:14:56




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 Re: Re: Electrolysis-Have you tried it??? in reply to Rc, 07-13-2002 16:09:31  
Better yet, I found the link. The electrolite is Arm and Hammer WASHING SODA, not baking soda. I found it at the local grocery store. I'm using coffee cans for an anode, free and lots of 'em from work. I took the lid about 3/4's off and bent it up and around the lid of my bucket. I split it down the side and bent it around so it fits inside the round of the bucket...more surface area. Then I've got some long carriage bolts that I got at a sale and used one of them across the top of the bucket. I've got a ton of single strand house wire from when we built the house so I cut it to the length I want and attach it to a CLEAN spot on the part with a C-clamp. Drop it in, hook the positive lead up to the can, the negative to the wire on the bolt and turn the charger on. Red-green-orange crud foams up almost immediately. If no bubbles from the part the connections aren't tight. It only took two hours apiece for the rocker arm and shafts and they look like new. About 30 minutes for the carb and old tool. I'm cooking some bolts and pushrods as we speak. I'm on my second can, the first one looks like death warmed over. If you need to 'antique' a new bolt or something that's too shiny for an old tractor you reverse the leads. And the waste is safe to put on your trees as long as they don't mind a little extra iron. I think I read that it turns ferrous oxide (red rust) into ferric oxide (black rust). The part will be covered in black stuff that dries into a soot that you can brush off. I think I read that you can rinse it in water while it's wet, but I'm not allowed in the house with any tractor parts anymore (sigh). I wish I could do like Mike Schotte does and bring the stuff inside, but...well...there was this time I heard you could loosen brass fittings in a cast iron carb top by putting it in the freezer for awhile, then putting them in the oven, repeat as necessary. Everything out of the oven kinda tasted like PB-Blaster for awhile after that. Simple mistake I thought...

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