[TheForge] electrolysis

[Ron Childers]

True, but the big insulator will barely fit in a 5 gal plastic bucket.
There is a toxic waste disposal site not far from where I live and they
haul the chemicals somewhere to do whatever is done... probably dump
them in the lake or Gulf 

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Sperbeck
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:44 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] electrolysis

What you are doing is shifting the environmental impact from the 
atmosphere to the ground water...
I am the last one to be considered an environmental nut case, but the 
effects of galvanizing poisoning  are no less real even though you do 
them 'outdoors' and have no impact on yourself.
The disposal of acidic zinc chloride or zinc acetate is is a further 
complication.
Why not just call your local fastener store or nut and bolt guy and buy 
some plain ones?
If you just need one, just forge it... isn't that what we are supposed 
to do anyway?

Paul


On 05/20/2011 07:24 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
> <snip>
> IMHO
>> burning it off would not be that dangerous if done outdoors.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/20/2011 7:08 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
>>> Has anyone tried to use electrolysis to remove zinc from a
galvanized
>>> bolt? It works really well for rust but I've never tried it for
zinc.
>> A
>>> long soak in acid? I don't want to burn it off because of the
>> dangerous
>>> fumes. Any other ideas pro or con? Thanx, Ron
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>

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