rust removel the sweet way

[rebelrat]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456478/rust_removal_tip/

[Kachad]

Dude said it right - now that is cool. Thanks for that link!

[jeepcoMJ]

I did this on some steering knuckles I had...works GREAT. exactly as that vid shows, it's very very easy.

it also goes faster at 6 volt...but melting plastic buckets is fun

[Jeepm@n]

Living in the salt belt can I just put my whole XJ in it? J/K Thanks for the link. I was wondering how to clean up and repaint my seat brackets.

[jdarg]

I did this last weekend...couldn't get the crush sleeves to come apart from the upper body mount rubbers on my YJ. Wired all ten together with some 10ga wire to the cathode and dropped them in the bucket. 50A through 2 gallons of water/soda and a 3" steel pipe dropped in the bucket as an anode.

After a few days the sleeves came free from the mounts with just pliers. After another day in the tank just the sleeves by themselves looked almost like new. Just gotta paint em with Rust Encapsulator and I should be ready to finally get the tub back on my frame after a shameful number of years of working on it here and there.

[Jeep Dude Guy]

Sweet! Any chance you have before & after pics?

JDG

[Never_Evil]

The link has been removed. I am assuming this is the baking soda in water using a battery charger? It does work, but it takes time and $$ on the power bill.

[jdarg]

I had the "rust pot" running continuous for months when I was finishing up the YJ. Even at a constant 50A any impact to the power bill was pretty unmeasurable. Its only pulling about 6a at the plug...thats a fraction of what a single lightbulb will pull.

[Zach571]

Probably cheaper than the air compressor running and all the disks you'd go through cleaning it by hand, not to mention easier

Zach571