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Greg, maybe a preceeding genious, like you, did the aluminum thing?
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#82
Looks to be original but I could be wrong, if it isn't he was a better restorer than me.
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#83
Greg - I cannot see electrolysis damaging the non-ferrous metals but you could try it on a sacrificial piece first.
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Posted on another forum Sweat A couple of people thought the electrolysis might plate the zinc out of the brass. Some one suggested molasses, yah right, did a search on the great goddess google and found all kinds of stuff,

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Why not. At least the dog liked the taste.

Mixed 1 part molasses to 10 parts water, its slow as the proverbial molasses, takes 2 to 4 weeks but the posted results looked good, probably more applicable to sheet metal where you don't want to damage the tin, a wire brush would have been fine here. Hey its a science experiment.
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After only 5 days there's an amazing amount of rust removed.

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I would have zapped more off in 10 minutes Big Grin just saying...
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Looks good Greg Smiley-signs107
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#88
After 9 days we have rust free. Gave them a rub in a few spots with the wire brush and a rinse under the tap, pretty labour unintensive. Would have been more practical to just clean them up with a wire cup wheel on the angle grinder but this way I stayed clean and no dust in the shop.

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The blower parts got a rattle can paint job and assembled.

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