Any one know where I can find the Battery charger rust removal thread?

[hydrospeed2000]

I have been looking and looking for it for the past two days, I know its here, I just can't get back to it...... HELP PLEASE!

[E30Driv3R]

i have the same problem...

that is if u are talking about battery acid rust removal (if not disrgard the rest of the post)

you need aircraft stripper
and baking soda
and some paint

1. pour aircraft stripper onto the rust area, let it soak in.

2. Pour baking soda on it to soak it all up.

3. spray some paint onto the area.

hope this helps and if anyone wants to add to it, that would be awesome, since i still have to do this to my car.

-Dan

[viali8]

baking soda and water

[NC325iC]

im very confused by this whole thread, what are we trying to fix?

[hydrospeed2000]

I read a thread in R3V, about removing rust by electro charging the part in a bath of water and baking soda with the positive lead hooked to the part and the negative hooked to a probe and both suspended in the water. From what I know of electro plating parts, this seems to be the reverse, anyway, there was a thread and I would like to find it again.


Any help would be appreciated.

[E30Driv3R]

oh lol i know now lol sorry for trying to confuze u.

[euroshark]

You don't have to un-electro plate the battery stuff to remove rust, a simple wire brush and some baking soda and water will do the trick... My dad's '79 E24 has never had the battery stuff treated specially and its all in good order.

I guess maybe I'm also not understanding the question?

[Apex381]

It is buried in Mr Anderson's Project facelift thread

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=75117

I know its in there somewhere, you just have to look through it

[hydrospeed2000]

It is buried in Mr Anderson's Project facelift thread

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=75117

I know its in there somewhere, you just have to look through it

Thankyou APEX!!!!!

[Jand3rson]

The rear bumper shocks and brackets on my rear bumper were quite rusty, so we needed to clean them up before installing them back onto my car. Andrew discovered on his MGB forum a method for removing rust from car parts by use of electrolosys. Basically, the parts are hung by wire from a steel plate suspended in a solution of hot water and Arm & Hammer washing soda. There is a steel plate that hangs and connect to the + on the charger and the part hangs in the water via wire, which connects to the - on the charger. The washing soda acts as an electrolyte in the water, and the electrical current actually reverses the plating process in the water, stripping off ALL rust from the parts and drawing it to the steel plate. Now this actually WORKS, it really does. We started the process at about 8:00 pm, went back to my house to watch a movie, and when we came back at about 10:30, a significant portion of the rust was gone from the parts.



The setup as described:



Hanging from the plate is the bracket, from the wire is the bumper shock. This is just one set, we'll do the other set tomorrow:



The cloudiness in the water is actually the parts fizzing in the charged solution:



For this shot, we unplugged the batter charger, and plugged it back in, so we could get a pic of the reaction starting again. You can see the water fizzing up off of the flange of the bumper shock. Pretty damn cool!

[euroshark]

Hmmm, interesting!

But what would you use this on that you couldn't hit with some steel wool?

[StereoInstaller1]

Hmmm, interesting!

But what would you use this on that you couldn't hit with some steel wool?

That is kinda what I thought too, but:

1. Andrew is a mad scientist.
2. Josh now has eternal bragging rights.
3. Josh is just mad. As in insane mad, btw.

Luke

[AndrewBird]

This works on stuff so rusty god couldn't remove the rust. Plus it gets into every nook and cranny where you might not be able to get a brush/steel wool into.

Here is some more info:

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolytic_derusting.htm

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andyspatch/rust.htm

http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp

[dinanm3atl]

Coolio!