Now for a serious ??

Anyone into electrolytic rust removal?
Cheap, easy, fun!
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Been doing this for years, sometimes with rusty old junk just for the fun of returning an encrusted item back to something recognizable.....never done a chain though.

A couple of tips- use the hottest water you can (I have an "indoor grille" element I use to pre heat the bath).

Even though I have stuck my hands in the solution many times, do NOT do it...I got lit up but good a couple of times.

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Now I'm gonna have to build a chain cleaner lol. This one gets my vote. But how long does it take to break off the rust.

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Indeed. Excellent!!

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You can remove rust in a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the rust, the solution you use, and the power of your battery charger.

I use Arm and Hammer Washing soda as my solution, with a bronze annode and 50 amps on the juice.

Some things you can watch the rust litterally fly off of.

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fifty amps my god no wonder you got lit up....my battery charger only puts out six amps.

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You can use a dimmer switch to power up a 10 amp battery charger and by using the dimmer keep it under 10 amps this way you won't burn up the charger. If you do use the charger with out the dimmer switch it will pop a thermal fuse built into the chargers coil under the insulation a couple of wraps it can be replaced by buying the part a radio shack. Most people don't know this and throw away the charger. Be careful when using this device as it will knock the hello out of you and could kill you. Also be careful hydrogen gas and chlorine gas can come off in the process and some of the other stuff I've ran into will leave a very corrosive dust in the air so be careful.
Good find and nice post I know about this and have in the past used it. I've not posted about this because of some of the nasty things that can happen.

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Im thinking my lawn battery I use for the bike as a power source.. I dont care for the idea of the batter charger at 110 volts even if it is down to 12

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I have set my charger on the 50 amp setting and left it for an hour with no problems....may have to do with the amount of solution I used, about two gallons.

I did start of with lower settings and "worked my way up".

And yes, like anything using chemicals/electricity/danger, be careful or don't do it!

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Cool, we never get too old for science experiments. Ever been in a small boat that's sinking and stood near the battery that was submerged? It's like fire ants at the waterline.

NEW QUESTION

Okay here is the background. I bought a bmx style foot peg to use as a drive wheel. It has a cruiser threaded end, which fits the engine drive shaft perfectly.. It also has a mtb threaded end.

Now, I would like to run a half inch bolt into the mountain bike end to hold a washer so that I can enlarge the diameter of the peg. In other words slip a cover over the peg and then run a washer and bold in the mtb end so that the cover wont work off.

Here in lies the rub... I can not find a bolt anywhere with the thread used on mountain bike axles. It is 3/8 x 26. I thought I would give the forum a try before I move to plan B. Plan B is a lead anchor and smaller bolt. Probably have to drill out the threads as well.

Plan C is to drill a hole all the way through the cover and the peg then use a cotter pin.

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