How to Make your own Electrolysis for cleaning coins and relics
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@tuffteddy14465 жыл бұрын
Use washing soda - not baking soda. Don't use salt. Don't use stainless steel. Use plain old iron, steel or carbon rod as your sacrificial piece. Positive connector on the sacrificial piece. Negative connector on the work piece. Keep your connectors out of the water!
@UncleVinnys4 жыл бұрын
Agree with Matthew King comment. DO NOT use stainless steel; it gives off toxic gas. Use iron like in rebar.
@catstewart98927 жыл бұрын
Thanks pal!!!! Just made this electrolysis bath and it is working great on my relics!!!!!
@justdiggin33409 жыл бұрын
Replace the salt with baking soda, it makes a difference... speaking from experience, also I hook the negative to the coin not the positive.
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
I am going to try that. Thank for the tip!
@justdiggin33409 жыл бұрын
no problem, you should see a huge difference when you do..
@shadygaming65237 жыл бұрын
what's the voltage that you used?
@philounours29522 жыл бұрын
Exactly negative to coin ( cathode) positive to sacrificial (anode) and baking soda is better
@TomMack53015 күн бұрын
Oh man I have a bunch of them sitting around my work bench, I have heard you can use vintage as well
@albertsteptoe24363 жыл бұрын
You got the polarity wrong. Negative goes to the coin, positive to the sacrificial metal. You probably just plated the coin with stainless steel.
@Enduro300rr8 жыл бұрын
great video! thanks for the tips, used the same setup on a old rifle sight that was badly rusted and it cleaned it right up
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan8 жыл бұрын
It has saved my rough looking silver coins from like Ugly tarnished coins. It really works well
@awabo45138 жыл бұрын
use baking soda instead of salt because salt will produce chlorine gas
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan8 жыл бұрын
I will definitely try that. Thanks for the safety tip
@nivmoshe55368 жыл бұрын
and dont forget the sodium hydroxide
@drakemckay60077 жыл бұрын
Niv Moshe the sodium hydroxide could be useful if you are making sodium metal
@nivmoshe55367 жыл бұрын
Drake Mckay actualy its hard to extract the sodium hydroxide by that way because it will react with the chlorine gas at the anode and will produce soduim hypochlorite bleach
@jawad97572 жыл бұрын
Nah, that's just for molten salt and not salt solution. The bubbles here are hydrogen iirc
@itslitgaming4977 жыл бұрын
put some sort of acid like lemon juice or vinegar and the salt it really does improve it
@MilledSteel4 жыл бұрын
Very cool
@captnhowdy01able8 жыл бұрын
I thought you're suppose to hook the negative to the penny and positive to the fork
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan8 жыл бұрын
captnhowdy01able you can connect either one to it and as soon as one starts to bubble you know you have a right
@tonycarpenter16109 жыл бұрын
er...isnt the negative connectected to the penny?
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
Tony Carpenter ive tried it both ways and i think you may be right
@tsantsarovivan8 жыл бұрын
+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan, because electrons runs out of the negative and separates the rust and one just falls down :)
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan8 жыл бұрын
+Ivan Tsantsarov I just put both ends of the electrodes in the water in the one started foaming was the one I connected to the coin
@tsantsarovivan8 жыл бұрын
+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan, I think that positive charged Cl ion grabs an atom from the fork, deliver it to the coin and then Cl gas releases in form of bubbles. That is what caused foaming
@PeteVanDemark7 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe but just about everything in the water came from the fork because your polarity was reversed.
@harry56115 жыл бұрын
I would try to keep the clip out of the solution as much as possible
@honda200twinstar37 жыл бұрын
Iv seen in another video that you can also use vinegar with the salt.
@N47Z869 жыл бұрын
Stupid question...how do you know what's the positive and the negative wire?
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
Yes it is👍
@bhagasasi4256 жыл бұрын
Pllzzz what the strongest chemical for doing electrolysis baking soda took soo long time i need a faster wayy!!
@jawad97572 жыл бұрын
I think the bubbles will mostly just be hydrogen
@ducthuannguyen19668 жыл бұрын
cam on video nay
@CoinsAndCapsaicin5 жыл бұрын
The positive side sacrifices metal.
@Bluebark64FIS Жыл бұрын
Wonder if this would work on steel pennies?
@lewismacdonald1928 жыл бұрын
I thought you needed direct current gor electrolysis?
@michaelschmidt36057 жыл бұрын
He's using a dc adapter. It converts ac power from the wall outlet to dc power from the cord.
@kevboy699 жыл бұрын
NEGATIVE to the coin!
@jpvoodoo55224 жыл бұрын
That’s what I was thinking. He was turning the coin to copper oxide. It’s eating the coin.
@genewalsh31545 жыл бұрын
Hey wait that’s my wheatie 😎
@snyper0699 жыл бұрын
How much of the Copper (Cu) base metal is lost during the process?
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
The electrolysis doesn't harm the copper I don't believe. At least when I've done it the coin didn't seem to have been affected by the reaction going on.
@MikeDesertHunterHale8 жыл бұрын
A small sheet of copper in place of the fork and use some copper sulfate in your water... then you won't loose any copper, as it is your copper with replacing Fe++.
@stevemiller84142 жыл бұрын
Errrr, did you get the positive and negative the wrong way round?
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan2 жыл бұрын
It worked.
@gizmotony12347 жыл бұрын
what watt and volt is the charger plug ????
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan7 жыл бұрын
It is just a standard charging cord from an old shaver i had.
@gizmotony12347 жыл бұрын
thanks Ryan , does it matter what watt or voltage I use ? , I want to try this a.s.a.p. it looks to work great , just don't want to get zapped LOL
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan7 жыл бұрын
jeff c the Higher the wattage the faster it will work. I use this one and it takes about 1-3 hours to really clean the coins.
@gizmotony12347 жыл бұрын
very cool thank you !
@MrMcGoo-rm3yu7 жыл бұрын
Those transformers aren't standard.They put out different voltage depending on the appliance they're made for.
@a.d.crissman979 ай бұрын
Send Supplies, trapped in the Castle
@zaqwertyfish3 жыл бұрын
That alligator ate its wheatie
@ontomm20098 ай бұрын
👍
@bigboybraden92474 жыл бұрын
I would just throw the toster in the bathtub and put the penny in it this is complicated
@ahmedjamal54786 жыл бұрын
Where to get Aligator clips?
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan6 жыл бұрын
auto part stores carry them
@melvinford12929 жыл бұрын
Just don't do it too long on silver coins. The date will disappear.. Happened to me :(
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@MrMcGoo-rm3yu7 жыл бұрын
Just don't tell the coin collector crowd.
@Herbybandit8 жыл бұрын
lmao Adam Pierce, that's called drowning
@nithilanr3 жыл бұрын
While this is s harmless thing to do to any common, low value coin, I recommend refraining from doing this to any coin who's value you're not sure of. In the world of rare coins, a shiny coin is worth nothing it if you've even made a tiny scratch or change to the originality of the coin in the process. Cool experiment nevertheless.
@kingvid24024 жыл бұрын
I washed my eyes with salt after watching how he erased more than 70% details of the coin. no offense tho.
@gujit2 жыл бұрын
Using salt and stainless steel? Yeesh For anyone reading, don’t do this
@ronaldwhitford12157 жыл бұрын
never use a good spoon or fork this will ruin it, almost any junk steel is ok
@GPCTM5 жыл бұрын
stainless steel has chromium: you're making the nasty hexavalent-chromium. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2WkdZh4a7tkqLM
@aflatminor9 жыл бұрын
Who ya gonna call?? :)
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan9 жыл бұрын
ghost busters for sure
@garymozingo33838 жыл бұрын
+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan good video I learned something. Think I will give some large cents a go and see what happens...
@RockyMountainProspectorRyan8 жыл бұрын
+Gary Mozingo I'm glad you found it helpful👍
@RVBob8 жыл бұрын
Can you post the results of your large cent cleaning here?
@Turtlehands5 жыл бұрын
Not only should you not be doing what you're doing, you should not be showing others what you're doing.... You should NOT use AC power, NOT use salt, and NOT use stainless steel.
@christiansmith27304 жыл бұрын
Turtlehands it’s DC power, fyi.
@czoduqa4 жыл бұрын
Never use stainless steel in electroloysis
@nathanholyland94934 жыл бұрын
but why tho
@czoduqa4 жыл бұрын
@@nathanholyland9493 while you use SS as an anode, the chrome that is finished on the steel is also be released. This releases hexavalent chromium poisoning which can only be released if chrome is heated, or being separated from where it is placed. It's very dangerous, and the effects are just as bad as chloride gas.
@nathanholyland94934 жыл бұрын
@@czoduqa so basically, dont do it or risk health problems or death
@Guill0rtiz2 жыл бұрын
I can't trust anything with the words "basic" "how" and "to" in the name
@anthonybair43314 жыл бұрын
Dude, delete this video, you're causing more harm to peoples coins than anything!