Toolbox resto

[Hotshoe]

I bought a rusty CL77 toolbox on ebay to try the electrolysis rust removal technique as described in the forum.
After a little fine tuning, it removed all of the rust and most of the old paint so that just a little stripper and elbow grease took care of it.
Attached are some pics, I forgot to take a before but I'm really happy with the after, now all I need is a tool kit to go with it.
With that experience under my belt, I'm going to gather up a few parts to try the zinc plating process next.

[Wilf]

Good work, and nice results!

Wilf

[brewsky]

Looks good..
How did you get the automatic charger to work?

I tried 3 different automatic chargers with no luck......finally had to find an old non automatic one to work.

[Hotshoe]

Thanks, that was a fun project.
Not sure why an automatic charger would cause a problem, I ran it for 36 hours on the 2 amp setting and didn't do anything else except clean and reset the rebars once after 24 hours.
Running like that it removed all the rust and 75% of the paint.
I tried running it on the 10 amp setting to see if that would get the last of the paint but the connections were getting hot after about an hour so I called it good enough.
LSU just beat Ole Miss!!!!!!!!!!

[brewsky]

I think some automatic chargers sense a fault condition in the battery and automatically shut off if they detect a problem.

Our shop charger would not charge a battery that was down below 5 volts or so unless you "tricked" it by crossing it with a good battery in parallel to get it started.

I tried a Battery Tender, and 2 different variable rate automatic chargers and could't get a single bubble on any setting.

Finally found an old manual 2A charger and the solution started bubbling right away.

[Hotshoe]

10-4 on the fault sensor, this particular charger is old and has not led an easy life..... if it had one it might be toast.

[brewsky]

I hear you.......I think the stamped louvers in a metal case may be a clue as to which ones will work!