Comments on: Cleaning Cast Iron by Electrolysis

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:27:04 +0000

In reply to johnc. Sounds interesting. Let me know how it works out.

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:25:59 +0000

In reply to johnc. Not necessarily, as long as the water is moving and the rust moving, I would assume the charger has an issue with the needle or something. As long as it works, i would go ahead and clean the skillet. Thanks for asking.

By: johnc

johnc — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:43:23 +0000

Does your charger show any current flow? My smallish charger shows no movement on the gauge. The rust is moving, and the charger is running.

By: johnc

johnc — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:31:25 +0000

I am working on a dutch oven lid at the moment. The plastic pan I have to use is kind of tight, and the lid is close to my anode (old fwd axle shaft) . I put a piece of ceramic tile between the lid and anode as a safety measure.

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:22:01 +0000

In reply to Mark Berger. Hi Mark, You can use any kind of clamp to clamp the wire to the pan. As long as the wire is touching the pad it will work.

By: Mark Berger

Mark Berger — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:42:45 +0000

Most of the photos of cast iron electrolysis I have seen have the skillet wire through an eyelet in the handle. But what if the cast iron doesn’t have an eyelet. Corn muffin pan, lid, Many others. How do I lower the skillet into the solution without a hole in the cast iron. Mark

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:37:58 +0000

In reply to Nick Gonzalez. Thanks Nick. I really liked using it. Took a lot of the hard work out of it. Our cast iron came out great. I will be cleaning more iron using the electrolysis method in the future. This will no doubt become my only way of cleaning in the future.

By: Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 17:29:32 +0000

Love this electroysis idea!

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Sat, 21 May 2016 21:35:47 +0000

In reply to Nell Covington.

Hi Neil, you can submerge the negative lead under the water. I had mine under water a couple of times. The main thing is not to let the two pieces of iron touch.

If your piece of cast iron is really caked you may have to turn the piece around so the back in facing the sacrificial iron after the first hour of so. This allows both sides to get the full impact according to the folks I follow.

Let me know how it turns out!

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By: Nell Covington

Nell Covington — Sat, 21 May 2016 19:00:40 +0000

Hi. Love the electrolysis idea and would like to try it. In hooking the charger clamp to the cast iron item, is it OK to put it slightly under the water or do you need to leave that little bit of item above water. In your photo it looks like it is all immersed.
Thanks for the great idea.
Nell