How to Clean and Preserve Iron Relics with Electrolysis!
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2023
- In this video I explain how to clean iron relics with electrolysis and how to preserve the iron and protect against further rust and deterioration. Hope this is informative!
Thanks for the info on electrolysis. I might experiment using my old 2 amp automotive trickle charger. Disclaimer: If you don't understand basic electrical current flow you should not use a battery charger for this purpose (or even it's intended purpose). The spike came out really nice. I used something, I think it's called "Naval Jelly", to convert the rust when I was painting a small rust patch on my car. It's been over a year and the rust has not re-appeared. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I see you did a video with Aquachigger. I like his stuff too. Subscribed.
Trying this on a Cannon I dug. Was in oxalic acid a while to get at least some of it down to bare metal. Though I'm still not getting best contact. Getting a mix of bubbles on ball and mostly on copper wire.
Looks like an old railroad spike,probably from that period. They may have used it as a tent stake but doesn’t really seem long enough.
To me it looks a bit small in diameter for a railroad spike. If it is in fact a military tent stake I would bet it was designed for rocky soil considering how stout it is (and short, as you said). With as many civil war relics as have been found I'm sure it could readily be verified one way or another. I just like to speculate.
Here is the power supply: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002JTD2K?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Does it work on any type of metal you want to clean?
Theoretically you could use it on a number of different metals, but mostly it works on iron
Thank you, I will try it😅