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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

3. It works well.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:48 PM

Dec 2013

The key is washing soda - not baking soda, and a large anode.

I did this with an old southbend lathe. I built a 5' long box and lined it with plastic. Filled it with electrolyte solution and dropped the body of the lathe in. It took a couple of days but the finished product was de-painted, de-greased and de-rusted. Very nice.