Mark Banaszak Holl wrote:
>I saw an interesting note about paint removal in the Flash, the AHSTC
>publication. They suggest dipping the part in a solution of 500 g caustic
>soda (NaOH) per bucket of water. Attach one lead of your battery charger
>to the part and one lead to another hunk o' metal. Don't turn your battery
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is any particular metal specified? Steel? Zinc?
>charger above 30 amps, else you're likely to burn it out. The folks who
:
>The second step involves dipping the part in a solution of molasses ?!
>This apparently "steals the oxygen from the rust." This left me
Mark, could you post the proportions for the second step? This sounds
interesting. I just happen to have a door for the Plymouth that I'd like to
strip/derust, and I think I could fit it into a 55-gallon trash can,
though it might take two goes. (If nothing else, it'd be yet another novel
way to make a mess.)
-coryc
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