All, i want to try my hand at electrolysis to clean all of the rust off my components so that i can paint them ect.
I want to get a container that will fit all of my parts in (obiously not all at once). so my question is what is the largest part and its dim?
I wont be doing the engine/gearbox so im guessing that the prop/ drive shafts will be the largest?
Thanks in advanced
Dan
does it matter? dig a hole in the garden and line with pond liner or tarp, pour in the electrolyte, wire up to battery and job done. you probably
have a plastic wheelie bin which is more than ample - to reduce the volume of electrolyte, fill it will plarstic bottles filled with water so they
don't float.
job done.
Or even easier fill it with mollasses 1:10 and leave it to do it's magic
washing soda £1.15 will fill a swimming pool!
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also at tescos
link
[Edited on 24/11/08 by tomblyth]
The recent Practical classics article mentitoned doing bits in situ with a sponge, you could do a whole chassis like that.
I'll try to dig it out.
Cheers
Chris 
if you can find a bath that would work. Theres one on my parents allotment that i have my eye on.
I've used a sponge to the prop shaft in bits worked a treat... Stopped getting water into the bearings, of the UJ's... So you could do that
on the large bits (with a sponge you can do small bit's at a time)..
So I only used a large plastic tub about 30x30x40cm..
Dan
Wallpapering polystyrene trays are useful for long thin things. Also gardening window boxes...
kids paddeling pool
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__paddling-pool_W0QQ_nkwZpaddlingQ20poolQ20QQ_cqrZtrueQQ_nkwuscZpaddelingQQ_nkwuscZpool#
The council delivered mine, 600x400 x300 deep, with a lid. Said sumat about recycling. I havn't even got a bike??? 
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Originally posted by chrisg
The recent Practical classics article mentitoned doing bits in situ with a sponge, you could do a whole chassis like that.
I'll try to dig it out.
Cheers
Chris