eletrolosis help

[Austin]

question for you guys that does eletrolosis,is it ok for me to clean some reamers that have slight rusting,will it harm the cutting edges.many thanks Kev

 

[MattF]

You'll be fine doing those. It won't touch/dull the edge unless the edges are rusted.

 

[rikrobson]

All the electrolysis ends up doing is removing the rust. It does not replace the lost few that had bonded with the oxygen. Therefore you will get some pitting. If the edge was rusty the a bit will be missing. The problem is the oxidised iron is no longer in the crystal structure. So what ever you do the iron is gone. The beauty of electrolysis is that it only removed the oxides original. If you grind or Polish you will take parent metal with you

 

[Austin]

thanks for the replys chaps will be giving it a go sometime this week i will try show results.kev.