Restoration Tip: Electrolysis Derusting

[Bob Carriere]

...Sail surplus branch has a whole stack of deteriorating 303 rifle boxes which they may part with a lot of them for some $$$......... wood is bad but the hardware may be in good shape.


Chemistry....... Duh..... don't mix washing soda and lye unless you are trying to remove stains from your underwear. .......... I used Lye INSTEAD of washing soda as it is more agressive...... seriously the lye solution conducts electricity like wild fire....... it is a serious degreaser and paint remover.....so three jobs done in one soak..... but it is toxic.....as in corrosive...... when I dipped my hands in teh solution to fish out parts my skin came out very clean and slightly slimmy....... which is indicative that body fat is being desolved.

I hung whole CMP axles from the tractor bucket soaking one half the axle at a time....... axles came come like brand new.

Bob