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| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 126 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 126 | Has anybody actualy tried the water and soap powder/baking soda and the battery charger for rust removal? Im going to if it will save some money just currious if anyone has found some additional tricks to the method. I will let ya know how well it works for me on some old f###d pieces for my 1934 gas delivery f###d. :hammering: | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 | let me know, i might give it a shot and hopefully save a little money
1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 | I used it... Works great. I used 20 mule team borax, my charger and a stainless piece of sheet metal for the sacrificial piece. However, read the article on the link concerning using a stainless piece. It's better to use a piece of iron. http://www.htpaa.org.au/article-electro.php
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When wrestling a grizzly bear, you have to keep at it until the bear gets tired, not when you get tired. 1948 Chevy 2-Ton | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 99 | I learned a trick from the guys over at OLDIHC.org. You take 1 part non-desulpherized molasses(animal feed supplement) to 10 parts water, add your rusty, peelingpaint metal hoozits to the mix, wait a couple of weeks and the hoozit comes out a shiny doohickey with no rust and no paint. It has to do with the sulpher and something about chelating processes but it's cheap, environmentally friendly, can be used over again and doesn't smell bad. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 454 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 454 | Don't forget to check out the Stovebolt Tech Tips, there's lots more here than just the board. Electrolytic derusting Low-buck rust removal
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 20 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 20 | I have done it. It works great. If you can't find baking soda you can use soda ash from a pool supply store.
I used it to remove the rust on my hood and various other parts. Only took a few hours | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | It's not baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) that you use, it's washing soda (sodium carbonate). I have had success using TSP (trisodium phosphate). | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 20 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 20 | Your are correct I meant washing soda. I must have been thinking of cookies or something | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | actually baking soda [NaHCO3] and washing soda [ Na2CO3] are pretty interchangeable, and in some areas washing soda is hard to find .... but the washing soda works somewhat better for this purpose I use washing soda as a surfactant and water softener [why it's sold as a laundry aid] in my antique bottle washer, which stays clean as the proverbial whistle - I can attest to it's anti-corrosive properties, and always have lots on hand for de-rusting old parts  you definitely shouldn't be using 20 Mule Team Borax [sodium borate or Na2B4O7·10H2O] tho', Super55, you don't need the boron or the oxygen in the process Bill | | |
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