/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Hey all hows your day going?

I'm intrested in restoring old knives, tools and the like. I've done a few projects which didnt require much rust removal sandpaper and acetone did the trick.

I have my eye on a few projects and was thinking about using electrolysis. I've been doing a bit of research and I keep seeing in big books letters DO NOT USE STAINLESS STEEL AS AN ELECTRODE.

I'm not 100% on the chemistry but when carnigens get mentioned I tend to steer clear but it did lead to a question.

Hopefully yall can help me out.

1. Can I use electrolysis to de rust non stainless steel metal?

From what I understand it's the alloy mixture that does some chemistry shit that I dont understand which causes the carcinogens to form. But just to be safe I wanted to post this question.

Thanks in advance yall.