Electrolytic pickling is a more advanced process where the electrolyte is sodium sulfate, which is harmless to the environment. The oxide scale removal in this process is caused by electrolytic action, achieved with the application of current. The primary objective of my research is to provide a better fundamental understanding of the electrolytic pickling process and to thereby optimize it. Modeling of the electrolytic pickling process, aims at including the electrical fields, fluid dynamics, bubble evolution and motion, and the electrochemical oxide scale removal reactions, and the numerical solution of the model. In addition pickling experiments, are being conducted to visually document the process and validate the modeling.