Hard work but what a score!!

[Mark72]

Sorry to be so slow in getting back to this thread. I think the suspension is a fail safe method in case a lot of rust settles to the bottom as it comes off of the piece. It keeps the material from forming a short circuit between the sacrificial rods and the piece you are cleaning. Just as Dean said if you can't use a bolt a clamp of any kind can be used as long as there is a good connection.

Mark

[Eunice]

Ok I have all the parts except the washing soda. One of the instructions here told how to bake tlhe baking soda to make it washing soda. Kenny will be out of town for Thanksgiving so guess what I am going to be doing. I will let you know how this works.

btw I looked everywhere for washing soda. Arm and Hammer said that there isnt any close to me and I even looked in Medford and Grants Pass!

[Mark72]

I looked high I looked low I called around to no avail. went to jay c's there it was right next to the tide! $2.19 a box.

Mark

[bve]

Great find, CI is such a pleasure to cook with.
I wonder how the griddle managed to escape the rust?

[Eunice]

I looked high I looked low I called around to no avail. went to jay c's there it was right next to the tide! $2.19 a box.

Mark

this was washing soda and not laundry detergent? wow it is nowhere to be found around here. I can order it online for 3.99 but the shipping is 5.99.

take baking soda and bake it for an hour..........you have washing soda! I will be doing this today or tomorrow.

[Mark72]

yes 100% pure sodium carbonate arm and hammer washing soda in the 55 ounce box. Arm and hammer also makes laundry detergent. Its main ingredient is sodium carbonate but it has other ingredients that may affect the process.

Mark

[Eunice]

OK here is the first pan going in

coming out

and cleaned

it is pitted but a few seasonings will take care of that. I am impressed with this process and will do it to all the pans. Sure doesnt take the elbow grease that I was doing!

[Mark72]

Mark

[SouthernGirl]

I have an old griddle I rescued last spring during the annual spring city cleanup. It was a mess. My self-cleaning oven did the job on it. Nicely seasoned now.

[Eunice]

Let me give you an update.
Baking the Arm and Hammer baking soda to make washing soda is someones idea of a joke!
You saw the picture of the first pan. it still needs work.
Kenny went to the Spa Store and bought some ph increaser for the spa or pool. it is sodium carbonate with freshness pellets in it. It is sort of costly for what I want it for.
I cant believe the difference. I knew the baking/soda wasnt bubbling as much as it should but it was working some.................................
This stuff has 3-4 inches of rusty foam on the surface. It is working 10 times better. I cant believe it! I give in. I am going to order the washing soda online and pay the shipping. it will be cheaper than this spa stuff and it works wonders.
I will post pictures when I get a pan really clean.

[Eunice]

Ok the small bucket is the spa/pool stuff after several hours and the large bucket is the arm and hammer washing soda after about one hour. This works so much better than trying to bake baking soda to make sodium carbonate.
The large bucket has a 10" DO and lid plus a 10" skillet at the same time

[mfkaplan]

I looked ALL over for washing soda and finally found it at Raleys with the laundry soaps. Don't remember what I paid for it , but it was cheap and you only need a small amount.

[Eunice]

I looked ALL over for washing soda and finally found it at Raleys with the laundry soaps. Don't remember what I paid for it , but it was cheap and you only need a small amount.

Once again behind the redwood curtain we dont have a Raleys up here. I called Arm and Hammer and they couldnt tell me anywhere close. I gave up and ordered it and paid shipping. When I do find some I am going to stock up!

[davefullmer]

I just ordered some Washing Soda off the internet last night for my waffle iron. I have a bottom of a plastic 55 gal barrel cut off and I am getting some scrap lawn mower blade material from the factory I work at for sacrificial iron around the perimeter of the barrel bottom.

The container should hold 15 or 20 gallons of water and I will have a depth of about 15 inches to work with. This will also be good for some of my antique tractor parts that I want to clean rust from.

Dave

[Eunice]

Dave I held out for a long time but this really works! it is amazing to see all the goo that builds up on the rods I have in the bucket. be sure to clean them off everytime you put something new in the bucket.