Thread: Electrolysis danger!!!!

What he says is correct - to a point. Yes you will release some chromium in the process, and as a precaution should wear gloves when you need to stick your hands in the solution, or when washing off whatever you've just processed.

As for it being illegal to dump the waste, that is no doubt true in the US, not sure what the case is here, maybe someone can enlighten us.

If you are planning to run the electolysis bath every day, I guess you need to think seriously about the health issues of stainless steel. If you are doing 1 plane now and again, I'm not sure if it's worth all the fuss.

Other than stainless steels, apparently using baking soda is also dangerous!

And so is using a mobile phone... And breathing city air... and eating any kind of smoked meat...

G'day haosiliu235,

If you don't like the idea of stainless steel for electrodes or baking soda, citric acid or molasses are alternatives, but any of them do no harm to you in the quantities you'd need to restore a plane on an irregular basis.

what about vinegar? is that feasible

despite the small dangers...I'll still go ahead tomorrow

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

what about vinegar? is that feasible

Yes ,vinegar works , the best type to get is the cleaning vinegar from the laundry section of the super market as opposed to the normal vine vinegar from the food section.
Cleaning vinegar is made from mollassis.
I use it to clean and sharpen my metal working files as well as remove rust .

Kev

thanks Woodlee

I set up my electrolysis today using baked baking soda and 12v eveready battery, it appears to be producing bubbles etc however it is not really removing rust very fast. It's been about 10 hours and there is still some rust on the plane and the paint is still intact.

I suspect the problem is the battery, its probably too low in amps to have a significant effect.

I've been looking for a cheap battery charger myself, cos I am keen to try this method.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what I could use? Could I use a power tool battery charger?

I found this in dicksmith today http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/M9940
Probably this is the one to use...however due to the price I decided to get a 12v battery from Safeway.
I I dont think the battery is working...it is producing bubbles but in a insignificant amount and it is not really changing the water colour etc...

Originally Posted by haosiliu235

I found this in dicksmith today http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/M9940
Probably this is the one to use...however due to the price I decided to get a 12v battery from Safeway.
I I dont think the battery is working...it is producing bubbles but in a insignificant amount and it is not really changing the water colour etc...

pretty expensive for the task at hand. I saw one in DS that wasn't regulated for about $20 http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/M9544. I have no idea, but I suspect the term 'regulated' relates to keeping a constant voltage and/or current, which this task doesn't require.

But where would the 2 wires attach? also wondering if we can use camera chargers etc.
I wonder what other people use...
btw

However, be very careful with large storage batteries such as car batteries; these house a great deal of power

from http://www.crscientific.com/electrolysis.html

Hi haosiliu235, SilverSniper

Not sure what sort of battery you are using, a normal car battery will supply plenty of amps. (EverReady, sounds like a dry cell battery!, that won't work)

You should be able to pick up a car battery charger from just about any auto supply shop for a reasonable price, $30 or so.

Also, you might like to know, Bunnings sell Sodium Carbonate, it's in the pool chemical department, labelled "SODA ASH"

Regards
Ray