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I emailed a guy who's site had info on doing the Electolysis on paint and grease removal along with rust.
Here's what he said in response
Here's his site
http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/nsaeta/electrolysis.html
Here's what he said in response
The process is the same to remove anything from the surface of metal, i.e, rust, paint, thick grease and oil, and light plating like zinc.
I have successfully removed baked enamel paint from a car part. If the paint is mostly in good shape (no pits or cracks), the paint will begin to bubble and peel starting from the outer edges. If there are any tiny pits, chips or cracks in the paint, the paint may also peel starting from those areas as well....essentially anywhere the bare metal is accessible.
This process works by removing a microscopic layer of base metal relatively evenly, which un-bonds the paint from the base. The paint layer, in a short time, may peel off in sheets at a time, primer and all. The remaining metal will be clean of rust oil or paint. If some areas have rusty spots with pitting, a longer bath may be required with a regular scrub with a bristle brush to get the rust out of the pits. There is no sandblasting method that will do a better job.
When the paint and rust are gone, the base will be bare steel and therefore prone to flash rusting so dry it quickly to stop the surface rust from restarting.
Slower is better, trying to do this too quickly ( too much current) will cause pitting of the surface metal. Let me know how this works out for you.
Here's his site
http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/nsaeta/electrolysis.html