Rust removal

[hardtailjohn]

That's really interesting, Mike!! I take it that the container shouldn't be conductive, or at least the rebar that goes across the top should be insulated from the other rebar, other than the liquid..
I'm gonna have to give that a try!!! Got lots of airplane parts that it would be really nice to have done that way, as well as pickup, truck and others!!!
Thanks!
John H.

[shortbedCUSTOM]

this sounds really interesting. maybe you could come up with some kind of scetch of diagrahm of the set-up for us slower guys.

Carlos

[flyboy2610]

Good tip!
I'll have to try that sometime.

[FORDification]

Thanks for sharing that tip, Mike! That should really help out a lot of people who don't own a sandblaster...and it sounds like the cleanup would be a lot easier too! I might have to give your idea a try this weekend when I'm in the shop.

So could we dip a truck body in the swimming pool if we had enough baking soda?

[Docholiday72tx]

Not sure about the mess it would make putting it in the swimming pool. Sounds like a one way ticket to divorce court.
Shortbed custom, In all honesty I'm not sure how to get a diagram on here. I saw this on a web site a couple of years ago. It was a big technical article with lots of pictures. That's how I was able to learn it so easily.
I'll see if I can find that web site again and post the address.
Keith, If I send the address, is this the sort of thing you could put in an easy place to find for the whole group to check out?
Mike

[FoMoCo]

WOW. I have every nut ans bolt removed from my 67 sitting in a box. Sounds like a metal basket and a 5 gallon bucket will help to experiment. Thanks
Nick

[FORDification]

Absolutely....send the link if you can find it again, and we'll post it on the LINKS page. Maybe we could even whip up a tutorial-type page with pictures for the site.

[Docholiday72tx]

This is not the exact link that I saw before. They use arm & hammer washing soap instead of baking soda. It does work the same way and will give ya'll a good idea of what I was talking about.
http://www.arkansaspontiacs.org/techsto ... ectro.html
Mike

[shortbedCUSTOM]

that helps ALOT thanks

Carlos

[72hiboy4x4]

that is too cool!!

maybe someday I'll find a tub big enough for my whole truck. what size battery charger should I use for that

[hardtailjohn]

Mike,
You could just toss the welder in the tub at that point!
John H.

[Docholiday72tx]

Has anyone else tried this yet? If so what did you think?
When I first did it, I thought it would be a cool thing for a youngster to do for a science project. It's inexpensive, easy, and completely away from the ordinary science project. I think it would be an easy A.
Mike

[jor]

I am trying it now on an F-600 dash unit. I am using baking soda because no one around here has ever heard of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda. Anyhow, it seems to work exactly as described. The rust spots are replaced by a black color which cleans up with sand paper or a wire brush. I'm just using my little trickler charger that I've had for a couple of hundred years. When you turn it on, a Lawrence Welk-like show begins. After an hour or so, it's done. I'm editing this post and adding a couple of photos for your viewing pleasure.
jor

[willowbilly3]

I had heard about this method on the HAMB. It was mentioned that some sort of variation of baking soda, I think a laundry product, was best. Also the annode will accumulate the rust so it needs to be cleaned. I guess a larger annode with more surface area helps, like a sheet of metal. It was discussed that maybe you could use a metal container if the part was suspended from a nonconductive support. Then you could just use the whole bucket for an annode, but nobody had actually tried it. I thought maybe you could make a huge one from a horse tank (I have a 750 gallon one) and do a whole body.
Anyway, thanks for the good post Docholiday. This is great stuff

[hardtailjohn]

I like that idea of the water trough! Hmmmmmmmm the possibilities are beginning to surface! And a side benefit... if the neighbor's dog wandered by and was gonna lift his leg to pee on the trough when you had the juice cranked on..
John H.