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Electrolysis is going again. Biggest problem so far has been finding a good sacrificial anode. The baking tray I used had a coating on it, and I attempted to scrape it off, but didn’t have a clean surface. It was behaving odd overall, with the current dropping off very quickly, even after cleaning.
My dad gave me a chunk of steel a while ago for this purpose, but it was small, and covered in mill scale. It didn’t work at all.
Thankfully, my dad is a welding instructor, with a ton of steel at his disposal. He welded together a 14"x14" plate of 3/8" steel, cleaned it til it was completely shiny, and welded a nut on top to get a good connection.
Just started it up, and it’s working tremendously better. With the old baking tray, it was only drawing like 2-3 amps of current, and rapidly fell off, going down to under 2 amps. Was seeing little progress after the initial clean.
It’s now maxing out my supply, and staying at 5.1 amps (constant current mode, going down to like 10.5 volts). Seems to be way more consistent, and the oxide layer formed looks a lot cleaner. I was getting some weird green layer when I used my baking tray, despite no copper being present in the electrolyte.
EDIT: I have to edit this one b/c I can’t post more than 3 consecutive replies lol
Still doing another layer of seasoning, maybe two, but have two layers on it, and it’s looking really nice 
especially compared to before…
Can barely tell it’s the same pan.
I need to put together a lye tank though. Electrolysis is great for removing rust, not so much for removing the carbon. A lye tank would take off all of the carbon much much easier, but doesn’t remove rust. So most do lye then electrolyte. There’s still a few nooks and crannies on this one I’d like to get clear, but nothing too bad.
