Rover 800

Alucard7002 · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: Electrolytic Cleaning

From the Old Man:

Clicky Clicky

Better to see the whole thread with others' success stories.

The 800 calipers shown are the ones we subsequently rebuilt - after a a short dip in Bilt Hamber De-Ox
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Tritium · Newbie Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 34

Nice!
But I have one question: What is the electrolyte, I never heard of "Bilt Hamber De-Ox", do you know chemicaly what it is?
Are the parts to derust the anode or cathode and of what material is the other one made of?
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CHR15E · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject:

http://www.agriemach.com/product_info.php?products_id=1062

First thing I came to on google.

Looks worth a go at that.
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metelmickey · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:08 pm Post subject:

they also showed a " how to build " a rust remover in practical classics, its a plastic tub with metal plates around the outer and filled with washing soda, the part to be cleaned is hung from a wire and emesered in the water/soda, the part is connected to a battery charger on the possitive and the plates in the tub to the negative ( making shore they do not touch ) and leave to work, the ruster the longer it takes.
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CHR15E · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject:

Wish I'd tried this before wire wheeling half the stuff on the Sterling.

Certainlt something I'm going to look into.
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Richard Moss · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:32 pm Post subject:

Here's another link to the process involved: http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolytic_derusting.htm
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MikeMedford · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:02 am Post subject:

MikeMedford · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:06 am Post subject:

Did this years ago on smaller pieces for bikes etc

Does work really well, main 2 things to be wary of is hydrogen build up and ignition sources.

Wouldn't mind having a bash again it's just a question of where I can get steel plate from cheap enough.

By the way, do not use stainless steel, yes it will not perish but it can release toxic chemicals into the mix which can be harmful to breath in and they are illegal to dispose of down the drain!
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Tritium · Newbie Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 34

BennyVitesse · Regular Visitor Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 233

In this months MG Enthusiast Magazine theres an article in which a chap rebuilt a Rover Metro to what he feels would have been the MK3 MG Metro turbo spec and he did this to his shell.
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MikeMedford · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:08 pm Post subject: