# so i built an electrolysis tank for removing rust... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 1, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291 "2007-08-01T16:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/1 "2007-08-01T16:42:21Z")
and its working pretty damn fast ive got a pair of 3x3 angle irons as the positive side electrodes, and theres about 6 feet of tubing hanging in there for rust removal after 20 min, theres already a decent skin of rust infested air bubbles on the surface of the water didnt expect it to work this fast either … one of the parts is already turning black as it should whole setup is drawing 9 amps @ 12 volts anybody want anything cleaned ? … ill clean your turbo for free …lol ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/2 "2007-08-01T17:20:27Z")
this just in … rubber will turn to mush in a setup like this so will the aluminiun that coats aluminized tubing lol had some coupler residue stuck to the pipes…it became mashed potatoes ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/3 "2007-08-01T17:29:04Z")
sounds good nick… did you have a running nose during this project too ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/4 "2007-08-01T17:45:32Z")
nice what are you using to power it? and any pics. i know some one would ask, and i know you will post them. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/5 "2007-08-01T17:48:08Z")
typical 10 amp battery charger i was going to use a computer power supply, but i didnt feel like taking the time to figure out how to gt it to power on pics tomorrow, batteries are dead / charging now ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/6 "2007-08-01T17:51:07Z")
[quote=“HotRodKid,post:5,topic:33291"”] typical 10 amp battery charger i was going to use a computer power supply, but i didnt feel like taking the time to figure out how to gt it to power on pics tomorrow, batteries are dead / charging now [/quote] that is what i thought you would be using. will wait for the pics. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/7 "2007-08-01T19:28:07Z")
just went out andplayed with shit, everything is now coated in black iron instead of rust … except where there wasnt a clear line of sight from the positive electrode to the rust to fix that, i cut up some small pop bottles to use as spacers top and bottom and put the + electrode INSIDE the pipe i need to finish cleaning … in a while ill go make sure the plastic is holding up well tomorrow ill swap the setup to the other pipe i have to finish inside, and ill be all set takes 3 hours to totaly clean a piece of well rusted exhaust pipe ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/8 "2007-08-01T19:32:12Z")
Slick. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/9 "2007-08-01T19:32:56Z")
pics?? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/10 "2007-08-01T19:42:43Z")
tomorow ill get pics , batteries were dead on the cam ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/11 "2007-08-01T19:58:38Z")
Isn’t science cool? Very nice DIY project. ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/12 "2007-08-01T20:25:38Z")
ever notice how camera batteries are always dead when someone does a project you actually wanna see? ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/13 "2007-08-01T20:29:07Z")
:tup: this is cool, i wanna see ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/14 "2007-08-01T20:59:57Z")
i have no idea what this does… LOL someone explain to the retarded tired and exhausted person how rust is turned into iron? ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/15 "2007-08-01T21:01:36Z")
sounds like a fun little project. you should make a how-to on this, even tho it isn’t that complicated at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/16 "2007-08-01T21:43:26Z")
Most impressive sir. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/17 "2007-08-01T21:50:45Z")
that’s actually really cool. i’m in for pics. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/18 "2007-08-01T21:54:40Z")
Hmmm…we have a spare room in the apartment. And a metric fuck-ton of parts. Maybe it’s time for a copycat project. As for a computer power supply, I believe it’s the green pin shorted to the black pin that will turn it on. There are a million sources online that will tell you how to jumper one to run. That’s probably what I’d use to power a tank, if I were to make one. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/19 "2007-08-01T22:15:13Z")
[quote=“brent\_strong,post:18,topic:33291"”] Hmmm…we have a spare room in the apartment. And a metric fuck-ton of parts. Maybe it’s time for a copycat project. [/quote] dont do it, the process forms bubbles on the + electrodes and on the parts themselves … the bubbles are hydrogen and oxygen … fill a room with that stuff and you get an explosion that will level the building ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291/20 "2007-08-01T22:16:59Z")
Hahahahaha. Damn. Spare room houses the water heater and furnace too. Perfect place. 😃 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-built-an-electrolysis-tank-for-removing-rust/33291.md?page=2)