almost free rust removal using battery charger and washing soda?

Okay...it seems I found out what the problem was. As we say in the Army it was "operators head space and timing" I did everything right except pay attention to detail and connect the electrodes properly! DO NOT connect the positive lead to the actual part being cleaned but instead to the other piece of metal. The negative lead connects to the actual part.

That was my problem, I self destructed my own part.