Electrolisis cleaning

I've heard of it. How do you set it up? gwh

Tim, I am going to try this method for cleaning out the gas tank on my CAT22. Sounds pretty simple. I found a discussion with instructions and a schematic of how to do it. Ray

Right now I have set up in a 10 gallon cooler filled with water and a couple of cups of washing soda to make the water conductive.
Then I have four pieces of plate 1/4 by 2 long enough to stick up out of the cooler then connected them with 10 gauge copper wire .
10 amp battery charger, positive on the flat iron,each piece in the corner of the cooler. The negative connected to the piece to be cleaned.
the cleaning process works in a line of sight anode to cathode so you might have to move or rotate your piece to be cleaned.

One fellow said he uses a 55 gallon drum to make the current work in all directions Ill try that later right now Im cleaning the filter housing off the d-8 trany so I just have the one item and its doing a fine job .

Today the chickens knocked over the battery charger so it shut down early ,got home started it back up and put an electrode inside the housing to work there.

Sure is doing a fine job. The only thing that concerns me is hydrogen embrittlement but from what I have read it occures more at high voltages and certain metals.

I may bake it out when I am done not sure yet.

They say it works well on fuel tanks ,lots to read pros and cons on this subject.

G'day. I have been using it for a while, originally got my info from this site http://www.fboerger.com/restorationtips.html
Things I have learnt are only use it on steel or cast iron parts, non ferrous metals will disappear
Use older solid state battery charger, new elecronic battery chargers will not work for this purpose.

Kevin

Thought I would give this a try and so far it has worked rather well.
It took me only about 15 min. to make a tank from a 55 gal plastic barrel and two boxes of baking soda.
Cooked the parts for about 2 hours and the stuff looks pretty good.

I think i will try a 36 volt fork lift charger to see if it will work faster.
I will try and post some pics when i have the time.

Erik,
If you try going to the higher potential setup, actually, any time you try electrolytic rust removal, be sure to leave plenty of ventilation as Hydrogen gas is generated in the process. Place your setup out doors and be sure there is a vent in the top of the container. Ray

I also heard that you should only use soda detergent not baking soda? I've never tried it but that is what I read.

i could not find washing soda and yes the top is off the barrel and it was outside.

I've heard of people using the Lye process which is why I have avoided it.
But would be willing to try the Washing Soda or Baking Soda.