not doubting Denny, just a healthy skepticism of you saying "That manifold would have looked bright and shinny new" when new cast iron parts look pretty much dull flat black, as does the manifold I cleaned, except where polishing off the iron phosphate left it gloss black .... but the primary point here is that electrolytic de-rusting does work well, and consistently so, with the correct parameters, and in response to Matt finding "the wheel is covered in crud that is hard to scrape off", the converted rust will need brushing/scrapping if it was heavy, and the layer in contact with good metal won't "scrape off" ..... and the process doesn't involve 'hazardous material' disposal problems wink

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics