Some points regarding the process: Do not allow the two iron objects to touch while the process is underway. You are releasing hydrogen gas while you are doing this, work in ventilation and do not allow the gases to accumulate. You may smell the odor of sulfur. The black gunk forming is ferrous sulfate, which is okay and not harmful. If you interrupt the process with a cleaning and re-immerse the ferrous object, you may get better results. I love this process for non-destructive restoration, and it's cheap, easy, and fun.
There was a lock just like that one at the watermill on our property, the whole first floor was buried from repeated flooding of the area, so we had to dig it clean. The whole door had rotten around it, but the hinges and lock remained in place.
Greetings from America. This is the best tutorial on basic steps for removing rust using electrolysis. I was trying to find a way to remove rust from a knife blade and you explained it better than anyone else. Also you have a very interesting channel, we subscribe. Please keep up the good work.
The voltmeter allows him to know how much power he puts into the system. If he puts to much power, he might damage the iron relic, if not enough, he won't be able to clean it properly. The power supply was just a generator, I don't know much about that, I don't think it matters that much here. (I am a chemistry student)
Nice informative video. But you might want to include warnings like"cut power before taking item out of the tub". Drying the item & removing survace rust before proces wil cut down proces time & chance of the relic item to become more damaged than needed. Grtz!
HI guys ! Indeed, I think it's the...best method...(?) but (the electricity is not...for everyone...;-( )... which other method do you recommend to me ? Few months ago I found a...padlock...I mean...1/2 of a padlock ;-)...(the half with...the mechanism...) that looks...exactly like the one from your video ! Any info/details about 'your' padlock (I would say "my padlock" could be 'Belfry' or 'Lowe & Fletcher'...??)...?!? Thank you !
Start with a bowl filled with cocacola, the light acid contend will take the slight top of the corrosion from your object. If the rust-crust is to big to wash it off, add some lemon juice to the cola to make it stronger. If that would fail, make the substance agressiver with vinigar. from there you can pull off any crust, and when the hard metal is in sight you,ve might be can go over to light electrolysis. the rest is stillwashing and pollishing !
if you use acid you have to neuter it immediately after you cleaned the metal. If you don't, the rust will come back almost immediately and ruin that nice bare metal. That's why I prefer to use electrolysis with washing soda, but on occasion have used citric acid dip bath. It smells like a veggie's fart, and you have to be careful not to leave it too long or else you start to eat good metal...(electrolysis doesn't do that) After I dipped the rusty item, then scoured it with a green 3m scourer, the gunge should be like a greasy blackjelly which wipes off easy. Then rinse it, then dip it in bleach solution (chlorox in the USA?), then rinse again, to make sure theres no acid residue left on the metal, then dry it with warm air and apply a wax finish @@historyguard-ww2
I once tried 6V electrolysis with citric acid in a bath (normally just use citric as a plain dipping bath with no electrictity, it worked a treat but smells real bad like a stench drain full of rotten leaves. I used to work in a metal plating factory where we used 12 volts and sulphuric acid to strip metal, totally different kettle of fish....probably outlawed by the nancy people nowadays. But yes, your right, washing soda works well every time
For the love of Pete, please drop the useless, nonsense music, and give us a little commentary! Did you later coat the lock in a mineral oil? If not, it's just going to rust again.
As a chemistry student trying to write a presentation about "Electrochemistry and art", I would have liked if you included a bit more information about the chemical reaction in the description but this video was quite helpfull anyway ! Thanks ! (I liked the epic music I think it was fun)
@Another Dick It's good to use the meter to test if the electrolytes are letting voltage to pass through it. Once it's fairly conductive it'll work better. Also maybe he was keeping an eye on how much power he's running through it
Video is 5 minutes too long, the music is crap, what is soda? Traditionally a red wire is +ve and a black wire is -ve very simple and safe! Do a voice over to explain what you are doing. OR stop making videos altogether!
