remove rust with water/battery

[goldy1]

this is perfect, thank you all so much. i was about to buy one of thee set ups for close to $100. now i can make my own for less than $20. i have everything but the rod, o-rings, plug and ammonia. this should help get the copper out of the 300WM.

[Big John]

This process is actually called reverse electrolysis, it is used alot in dive salvage operations. I do some treasure/wreck diving on my time off, mostly off the Florida Keys. When we are lucky enough to find an old coin cluster (coins stuck together in the form of the box they were in), cannon, slave chains, lamps, navigation instruments, an old flint lock or some times an old wheel lock on a dive, we use reverse electrolysis to bring them back to like original condition. We have even fired a few of the old flintlocks! Pretty amazing for starting out being rusty barnicles sitting in salt water for hundreds of years.

[weezil_boi]

I have similar plans... I want to buy one of those old 1888s thats all rusted and buggered up and clean it up enough to hang on the wall as a decorative piece. I saw one awhile back and it was rusted to hell.

This process is actually called reverse electrolysis, it is used alot in dive salvage operations. I do some treasure/wreck diving on my time off, mostly off the Florida Keys. When we are lucky enough to find an old coin cluster (coins stuck together in the form of the box they were in), cannon, slave chains, lamps, navigation instruments, an old flint lock or some times an old wheel lock on a dive, we use reverse electrolysis to bring them back to like original condition. We have even fired a few of the old flintlocks! Pretty amazing for starting out being rusty barnicles sitting in salt water for hundreds of years.