Thread: electrolysis for rusty razor

No hallelujahs, no high five hand claps, not even a night on the town. But here is the report: electrolysis works!!! Does it remove black rust? It does! Does it go deep? It does! So why no celebration?

I have been so intent on finding the Holy Grail I have stopped documenting and simply began tinkering. Now I have to go back to square one and determine what it was that finally worked. Here is the picture:

In frames 1 and 3, the red circles indicate areas to keep an eye on. They have the heaviest black rust. Hopefully you will notice in the other frames that all black rust was removed.

In frames 2 and 4, the green circles show what appears to be black rust but is not. They are simply pitting that I can not find a way to photograph properly. Under a Jeweler's loupe, it is quite evident that the contrast is between surface metal and deeper metal. The black rust is gone!

I have put the blade into a tumbler to see if I can get a better picture of the contrast of before and after.

I also have another blade in the vat. I am using a smaller steel plate that is not raising the amperage enough to cause the charger to cycle on and off. I will report more as I learn more.

Randy