Both, Jim. It's a Eventek Mod: KPS 3010D. Amazon $70 bucks.
Would be good for bringing up a dead battery too.
Both, Jim. It's a Eventek Mod: KPS 3010D. Amazon $70 bucks.
Can you post before and after pics of the bits you cleaned?I have a lot of plating to do. In the past I have bead blasted the parts and this is tedious. Today I thought I would try using citric acid.
I mixed a solution of 40mg of citric acid to 1 L of water. I put this in a glass jar and put in some pretty rusty small parts. I then put the jar in a ultrasonic bath with water in the bath to transfer the energy, he bath also warms the solution.
I was stunned at the results only the very worst parts will be bead blasted from now on.
Taking a punt I also bought some Caswell brightner ( their new formula) to try, as polishing the parts post plating is time consuming. I have a home brew solution in my bath and the new solution did not work like the old stuff did.
I think it is helping the parts only need a light rub with 0000 steel wool to come up shiny.
I have a couple of sets of spokes and nipples plus a whole bike load of fastners to do so you can see why I want to streamline things.
Although I have mainly used vinegar in gas tanks, I have used Molasses to de rust a firearm.Molasses Link: https://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42508
- I have seen someone use Molasses dissolved in water to remove rust from tanks. It was extremely good but took several days. Has anyone tried Molasses????
@Jim, just saw your post and went back to read the comments. I think I will invest in a power supply, then figure out what I can use it for later. I like the idea of being able to plate bits, mainly for rust prevention. I’ll look into this further this winter. For now, the brake bits will get Tremclad and / or POR15. Thx for the heads up.
Impressive results. Looks better than the bits I’ve done with ultrasonic w/degreaser, elbow grease, Evaporust and repeat. How long in the ultrasonic cleaner? I’d like to try this.Here are some before and after images of the process using citric acid in a ultrasonic cleaner. Some scotchbright wheel cleaning was done on the seat strap
flanges and the rear brake wing nut was not put in the citric it s ali and I want to test on some scrap first.
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I included an image of my calorifier set up for the ultrasonic cleaner. Some of the items in the last image were bead blasted.
I have always had trouble getting a good finish on springs like side stand springs so I made a spring stretcher its as rough as guts and it needs to be sturdy to take the force required to expand the spring. With this gadget good results can be had.
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I just looked on Amazon Canada and this machine is mid $200’s Cdn plus taxes. Stuff is do much cheaper in th USBoth, Jim. It's a Eventek Mod: KPS 3010D. Amazon $70 bucks. Can get a 30V 5 amp for $53 bucks but I got the larger one.
I saw a U-tuber using this to plate and thought It might be a good idea.