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Old 21st May 2019, 5:40 pm   #41
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Default Re: Rust removal from steel component on the cheap.

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All the above makes absorbing reading, is there any way of making any of the above (apart from the molasses) thixotropic so it can be applied to a vertical surface without dripping off?
As no one has suggested anything better, you could use "fumed silica" (i.e. extremely fine silica powder) as sold under the names of Cab-O-Sil and Aerosil.
There are some sellers on ebay. You need to add the silica at a concentration of around about 5wt% or a little more, so 50g of silica in 1 litre of water. Anything to do with silica powder sets the Health and Safety bells ringing, so check out the SDS sheets for those materials, use a mask and work in a well-ventillated place if you do use them. They are in widespread use as thickening agents for foods, cosmetics, etc, etc.

Regarding electrolysis, a sacrificial iron anode seems like the only way. I tried what I thought was carbon rod but that disintegrated and stainless steel releases harmful chromium compounds.

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Old 21st May 2019, 10:24 pm   #42
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Can I have a description of what exactly you are doing? Electrolyte? What is the other electrode made of?
Yep as stated above scrap iron if possible, I used mild steel plate. I set current to about 20mA per cm^2. Soda crystals from Morrisons.

That is all there is to it!

Be wary of the conductivity of the solution though. At 2v I got a huge belt across the chest. Very foolish of me to dip my hand in whilst being in contact with the other electrode AND doing so whilst switched on. Probably a good job it was fully loaded and current limited as open voltage was 20V!
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Old 21st May 2019, 10:38 pm   #43
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Right - thank you for the recipe. Is the temperature of the solution at all important? I've a vague recollection that heating it above ambient helps things along.

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