K. Valentine wrote:: "After you clean the parts in the electrolytic
tank, use a Brillo pad to scour them off and then rinse them well with
warm water. The soap in the pads will leave a slight coating on the
metal (even after you rinse all the soap off) which will keep them from
re-rusting for about a month (or longer)"
Thank you. sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar! (Don't get a big
head. I am one of the world's biggest liars!).
Buster
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> Kevin V.
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> On Nov 17, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Robert Bruce Evans wrote:
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>> If I may go off-current topic for a moment with an LEC problem/
>> question, I have some parts and some tools from which I need to
>> remove rust; some of it bad, some not-so-bad. Some of them have
>> "interiors" that do not lend themselves to sandblasting. I have in
>> my "tech tip" file an electrolytic rust removal process that I have
>> used successfully in the past (including parts in a 55 gallon
>> plastic barrel).
>> My problem: I do not know from whom I picked up this tip, and I do
>> not remember how to prevent the quick "re-rusting" that takes place
>> so quickly. I know that I used a spray of some kind, but I don't
>> remember what it is.
>> Can anybody help?
>> Buster Evans
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