Rust Removal the Scientific Way

Rust is one of the biggest culprits that make your possessions look unsightly and even render them useless when left unattended. Rust is iron that made contact with oxygen, and forms an unattractive stain in your metals and other materials in your house that contains or is made up of iron. Aside from employing various methods to protect your materials from the formation of rust, you can also use many rust removal products. Over the years, many rust removers have already been developed that are cost-efficient, effective and can save your materials from rotting with rust.

Metal rust removers come in various forms and techniques. One of the most popular ways of removing rust manually without the use of rust removal products is through electrolysis. If you have paid enough attention to your sixth grade science teacher, you would know that rust is a product of iron making contact with oxygen. So basically, the process of removing rust is the transformation of the surface reeking of rust back to its original form - iron.

All you need to use are the following: a stainless steel, a plastic tub, washing soda, water and a battery charger. Place a tablespoon of the washing or baking soda to a gallon of water. This serves as the removal solution. Clean the piece of stainless steel to be used for the rust removal process. It is crucial that the steel is cleaned enough to ensure that enough electric contact is achieved. Attach the positive side of the battery charge to the steel and submerge it in the soda-water solution. Attach the negative side of the battery charger to the material you wish to be cleaned. Submerge this piece to the solution as well. Make sure that the material and the stainless steel do not make any contact as this might lead to a short circuit. Now it's time to turn the battery charger on. If the current is too high, you can either increase the distance between the stainless steel and the material to be cleaned or add more water to the solution. Once done, you should see bubbles of oxygen and hydrogen in the solution. The time to wait before all speck of rust is removed varies on the size of the material and how much rust has accumulated on it.

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