A little electryosis

Gonebeeping

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Been reading about some of the diy electrolysis setups here so I decided to make one this evening. I used a power supply from a old cordless phone a alligator clip I had laying around and a bent spoon for the anode and some salt. I was a little nervous at first with the whole water and electricity thing but I survived! I did this nasty Merc and a rosie. It's pretty cool how the stuff just falls off the coin.
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Does the DC power supply need to have a specific amount of amps to be effective?


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I suggest you switch to using washing soda instead of salt. Its much less corrosive to your equipment, plumbing and the coin. A larger vessel is also nice to keep the contacts farther apart, to avoid a short. BTW, nice job.
 
I suggest you switch to using washing soda instead of salt. Its much less corrosive to your equipment, plumbing and the coin. A larger vessel is also nice to keep the contacts farther apart, to avoid a short. BTW, nice job.

Ty, I will have to give the baking soda a try, I went with small because the article said something about it working better if the contacts were closer together.
 
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I made the same setup, Works great on silver coins that have been in the sand and salt of the North East.
 
I made one out of a 6volt 500ma And one out of a 12v 500ma both work great. takes a nasty black silver and makes it look new again. Make sure You use baking soda and rub them good when you pull them out.
 
Nicely done but to tweak your solution you should only use sea salt and also add baking soda. 2 parts sea salt to 1 part baking soda.
 
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