Cleaning Windshield frame with electrolysis
- Thread starter Dennis Pereira
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Dennis,
What current setting do you set you battery charger when you use it for electrolysis? I have heard that 10 amps is good. My battery charger has a 2, 10 and 50 amp capability. Is 50 amps too much? I have a CCPU windshield that looks pretty good, except I can't get the top part off. I soaked the corners in penetrating oil (several kinds) and it still wont come off. I am thinking of using electrolysis on the frame to get rid of the rust. I don't have a large container to put it in so I might just put the ends in for a day or two each. Is there any problem leaving the part in the solution with the charger on too long?
Rusty
What current setting do you set you battery charger when you use it for electrolysis? I have heard that 10 amps is good. My battery charger has a 2, 10 and 50 amp capability. Is 50 amps too much? I have a CCPU windshield that looks pretty good, except I can't get the top part off. I soaked the corners in penetrating oil (several kinds) and it still wont come off. I am thinking of using electrolysis on the frame to get rid of the rust. I don't have a large container to put it in so I might just put the ends in for a day or two each. Is there any problem leaving the part in the solution with the charger on too long?
Rusty
Dennis Pereira
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Rusty I'm using 12 volts with a 10 amp charger. I leave it on all day And pull the plug at night. I had to use heat to remove those screws cherry red a couple of times. then pb blaster soaked for weeks. Before they finally broke loose.
I have found that heat works when nothing else will. The problem is that sometimes heat wont work as it will mess up something that might melt or burn. I have the six screws out of the frame and the top is about half off, but stuck. I don't want to ruin the frame as it is pretty nice. I bought it at a swap meet last year as mine was severely cancer ridden.
Dennis Pereira
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Rusty I used a Block of wood and a mallet and worked one end then the other. I had to drive it back together then tap it apart. I gently clamped the frame to my work bench.