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Ways to remove rust

Penpal

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Stumbling in U Tube ideas . Use a plastic storage box. In each corner stand and anchor clear of the fluids rebar rods joined using steel wire,never copper cause of the way it goes funny.Piece of wood to sit across the top to hold the object in the centre. Mix laundry soda 3 or 4 tablespoons in the water. Place pieces of angle iron on the bottom of the box. Connect a battery charger Pos to Rebar,Neg to the parts and use the trickle part of the charger.

Cut a large drum in half with clearance under to place a gas heating something ,mixture much the same and boil the parts.

Some new wrinkles in there for me I always used a higher setting on a battery charger and only one bar to the tub for the positive. So Electrolysis and boiling both have their uses. Like the blank salesman says knotty but nice.

Peter.
 

Penpal

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Thanks Peter, didnt know you could do the same by boiling it, a bit hot for that here near 50°C on back veranda yesterday.
I cant get washing soda in Tennant, Have to wait till next trip to Alice.:sob:

Baking soda works just the same way.Also use this title on U Tube OLD TOOLS RESTORATION.

Peter.
 
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