So today I tested the electrolysis again, now with an old battery charger.

It seems to work! after 4 hours the part I testted seems almost rust free. I'm letting it in the electrolysis bath till tomorrow morning to see.

Some pics:
https://goo.gl/photos/C5utU45T5pdpHWvn8

right, well, here we go then, problem with staining Pedro (as if you didn`t have enough to deal with!) is the forward stain looks brown (ish) in the pictures, but those further back look blue to grey, this is a major PITA coz you`d be trying to match 3 different colours (3rd being the actual stock ...

TenMetrePeter wrote:
Plasti Dip paint. If you dont like it you can peel it off again.

Looks interesting! Anyone has tried on a airgun stock? Going to search...

eboswan wrote:Paint it camo pattern maybe anything but pink

It will be a girl's airgun. Something like this will dou https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/97472-abstract-pink-camo-pattern-vector IF I can do it hehehe.

Blue stains are usually due to rusty steel and high tannin wood, oak being the worst but beech also. They should come out or be reduced with Oxalic Acid solution . Its a poison so take care. Well, I need to find something to cover it then. I'm not going to work with that . I'm thinking something pi...

Pc power would be ok,just make sure the plus side is on the lump of metal you want to rust and the negative on your gun parts. A sponge backed sander will help to get the bulk off.The detailed bits will need hand rubbing. BBF Tks, I think a friend of mine will lend me an old battery charger, I will...

Working on the Diana 25, day 1: The electrolysis epic failure and the sanding. The pics: https://goo.gl/photos/siZQRPrjPTtRcHQV7 After a nice morning on the beach I started on the Diana. Had two objectives for today: the rust electrolysis magic and start sanding the stock. Well, the electrolysis was...

ok ok ... I got the message. Not worth the € and time.

Im going just to try to take the rust out, I saw the youtube guy using a batery charger to do some magic, maybe i'll try that. Maybe fun to try e no € to spend.
If I get any decent result maybe I'll budget the parts I need.

Dont know how to share the pic in the post, so here is the google photos link.

https://goo.gl/photos/VZGwnv8diLGb1q9n8

As I said, nothing done yet besides disassembly and a light scrub to find out what is the make and model.
It cocks and fires, well, when it was assembled in the beginning

But before I started the project I made sure the lockup was good the barrel was straight and the bore was in good condition. If you have any issues with any or all of the above , the outcome of your project may turn into a disappointment. Humm, how can I do that? What is a lockup? Its the part/syst...