We marine archaeologists use electrolysis for the conservation of iron objects that have been in salt water. I see no reason why this would not work for rusty car parts, so I did a brief search and found that people have used it successfully. Just out of curiousity has anyone tried this with a frame? I would think the biggest problem would be getting a tank big enough to submerge the entire thing.

I would think the biggest problem would be getting a tank big enough to submerge the entire thing.


Dont you have a pool? Winter coming up, what else is it good for? Drop your frame in and get to work.

Dont you have a pool? Winter coming up, what else is it good for? Drop your frame in and get to work.

ha ha! I had that thought because our editor just bought a house and she's been trying to give away a large above ground pool.

A few hours with a shovel, a few dollars worth of scrap lumber, and a giant blue tarp and you're good to go. Might be easier just to pay the galvanizing folks a couple hundred bucks, though.

ha ha! I had that thought because our editor just bought a house and she's been trying to give away a large above ground pool.

A few hours with a shovel, a few dollars worth of scrap lumber, and a giant blue tarp and you're good to go. Might be easier just to pay the galvanizing folks a couple hundred bucks, though.

Thats about the only thing I think would work. Unless perhaps you framed something out in 4x4's and used thick visqueen (that thick plastic crap, my spelling sucks)

You could keep it above ground, maybe just use cinderblocks on each side and at the corners and build your own shallow above ground pool?

Heck, even use the editors pool. Frames arent heavy, two people could get it up and in. To get it out maybe just cut the pool sides.

Thats about the only thing I think would work. Unless perhaps you framed something out in 4x4's and used thick visqueen (that thick plastic crap, my spelling sucks)

You could keep it above ground, maybe just use cinderblocks on each side and at the corners and build your own shallow above ground pool?

Heck, even use the editors pool. Frames arent heavy, two people could get it up and in. To get it out maybe just cut the pool sides.

I built a small one for my doors. I used 2 x 10s and a tarp. Held it in place with stakes pounded into the ground at the corners.

No Andy you cant use my pool, hehe:D

No Andy you cant use my pool, hehe:D

I was just thinking we could buy some of that safe rust remover stuff and put the frame just below your fountain.

I was just thinking we could buy some of that safe rust remover stuff and put the frame just below your fountain. It would work great but my wife would kill you and me:clonk:

It would work great but my wife would kill you and me:clonk:

if we let the horses out of the barn first we can do it quick while she's out rounding them up :thumbsup:

Andy you could always put plastic under the car as a catch basin and use a small submersable pump with a hose attached to it and pump it on that rusted area and the plastic under the car will catch the liquid and keep pumping it on the rusted area you just might have to move it time to time as it removes all the rust. Kinda like it shows on that web site.

Andy you could always put plastic under the car as a catch basin and use a small submersable pump with a hose attached to it and pump it on that rusted area and the plastic under the car will catch the liquid and keep pumping it on the rusted area you just might have to move it time to time as it removes all the rust. Kinda like it shows on that web site.

I was thinking about that. I think I'll just send it out. Of course, I'm getting way ahead of myself I still don't have the floors in yet!

Well without the floors in the car you could be like Fred Flintstone:thumbsup: