Electricity and water

always wanted to try some rust removal using electrolysis and having the workspace i do gave me a good opportunilty. Mixing the 'forbidden' water and electricity combo is always exciting too.

So i went to the harwdare / lifestyle / car parts shop / work and got me what i needed.

an old computer case for the anode (yes i had to sand the zinc coating off), some cheap jump leads
(they really look like they would melt at the first sign of car battery sized currents, but super for 12v and 3 amps) a big plastic tub and some washing soda (not pictured).

I made up a terminal for the connection to the anode chucked in some washing soda and some water connected it all up and flipped the switch (i had earlier in the year made a bench power supply from an old computer power).

so hopefully i'll have rust removal without too much effort and practically free.

The first test pieced fizzed away for an hour before i had to trundle off home so i didn't get chance to really see any noticeable results.