Electrolisis tank

[Maritimer]

What is a good size of a tank to use for your Electrolisis tank? If I cut a plastic 45gal barrel down to about 2 feet, would this be ok?Is there something better to use?

[Bigdog]

Tank size depends on what you are trying to de-rust. For large or odd-shaped pieces a plastic barrel or something similar might be needed. For other items, a shallow but wide tank might be called for. Sometimes a 5 gallon bucket will do. Keep your options open and pick an appropriate size for the job.

[Maritimer]

Thanks BD. I guess it does depend on the item. The perpose of the tank is to get the item a few inches away from your andode. It would be a little harder if you are doing a front wheel hub in a 45gal barrel. Probably wouldn't work. Hense the smaller bucket

[Bruce Sanford]

Maritimer
Drop in the next time you are down this way.I have and electo set/up.It is not working right now,it is a 45 gal plastic drum. Bruce

[Russ Leggitt]

Heu Maritimer,

Just like BigDog said, it depends upon the size of the parts you want to
put in the vat. I have found a 30 gal. plastic box at our WalMart large
enugh to do most everything on a CUB. This includes the rear rims.
Of course you can only do 1/2 of the rim at a time but this is ok with me.
The fenders also take two dippings. But if you have time on your hands
this is fine and does not take so much chemicals. If you go the plastic
barrel route and cut it in half lenghtways you may want to make a wooden
craddle to place it in. I have a couple of them and could send a picture.
I will send you a private message with my e-mail ad.

RussL

[Maritimer]

When I take these items out of the brew, do I have to prime them right away?What if I keep them in a heated area? Will this cause them to start oxidizing right away? I'm painting an h right now and I sand blasted it then kept it inside in a heated shop. I would think it would get monontunis(sp)priming every little piece versus priming it all at once. My primer I use is a wet on wet.I paint it as soon as I'm done the primerThis is the last time I'm going to do this amount of sandblasting. It gets into everywhere. i spent just as much time cleaning it after as I did sandblasting.