drilled a hole through one end of each.
- 2 minutes max. total.
The rebar gets corroded by the derusting process anyhow so you can skip that step. You can also use the electrolytic process itself to derust your sacrificial electrodes if you want.
It is ususally in with the laundry detergents.
end up. 10 more minutes in the bath, then a clean water rinse (you have to get the electrolyte off of them), wipe dry, and light oil (parts will flash rust if not treated upon removal). Looked new, with a couple of small pits.
I typically scrub the parts with a brass pot brush (found in the housewares section of the supermarket under running water and a little soap helps too.
Then I pop it into the oven at about 150 F or hit it with a hair drier. That post-derusting heating is essential for handsaws and other steel in the same hardness range. The electrolytic process drives hydrogen into the metal (hydrogen embrittlement) so the part will be prone to stress cracking unles sit is driven back out.
Then I typically slather Johnson's paste wax on it while it is still warm.
No kidding.
Good thing I don't have a swimming pool, I might be tempted to drive a rusty old van into it and dim the neightborhood lights.
A). It doesn't have to be your pool. B). Make a video if you do it. ;)
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