What ultrasonic cleaner is good??

[Rebel_Rider1969]

See harbor freight has some. What chemicals are yall using? Stainless and titanium can. Thanks!

 

[jettjon]

So far I have dipped a toe in getting a mid-range model on Amazon with Simple Green. Couple tips I've read are to use HOT water going in, don't rely on the thing to heat it up for you. Also put your item and solvent in a bag in the water so you don't get it inside of your unit. Then same thing if you want to lube it, lube goes in a bag in the water. Or you can buy two units, one for solvent one for lube. Seems to work OK in my limited experience.

 

[stage20]

I have not tried the bag trick. We have a suvie so I'll have to try that bag deal out.
Simple green works good. I use it everywhere.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

I have a tumbler, but don't know if it would work? Walnut shells or corn I forget.

 

[stage20]

Stainless baffles should be fine. I think yours are stainless? May wear aluminum over time

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Stainless baffles should be fine. I think yours are stainless? May wear aluminum over time

Yep they are.do ya soak the whole thing in there? Take apart obviously.

 

[stage20]

Yep they are.do ya soak the whole thing in there? Take apart obviously.

Yes toss it all in.

 

[ABlaster]

I saw a guy many years ago that just kept water in his and he would fill plastic water bottles with gasoline to put small parts in. Honestly it worked better than it should have. Small engine repair guy, not a gun guy, but carbon, heat, friction, and old grease were things his parts had to deal with as well.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Got one, made sure to get the 2 year swap warranty. 10:1 simple green.

 

[ABlaster]

Interested to see report once you start using it!

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Got it cooking now. Wow all kinds of crap inside. Stainless is a copper color.( pre shooting) We'll see what it looks like after. No strikes on baffles, was worried.

 

[BluesBrother]

I don't think you can go wrong with Simple Green for an ultrasonic cleaner. However, this is an interesting 7 minute Utube video. I've used this formula with great results.

 

[ABlaster]

If I ever get one I'm totally going with the "gasoline in a bottle" method!

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Heats up good, only runs for 480 seconds max then kicks off. Ran it 4 times so far. I'll let it soak for a few hours and we'll see. Tooth brush it off.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

If I ever get one I'm totally going with the "gasoline in a bottle" method!

This one supposedly goes up to 165 deg. Or 180? Gotta read, duh.
Not putting bombs in it.

 

[Baddog 0302]

An interesting read on different cleaning mix's

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

This one supposedly goes up to 165 deg. Or 180? Gotta read, duh.
Not putting bombs in it.

145 deg. If heat mode is turned on. Can be run without it.

 

[ABlaster]

145 deg. If heat mode is turned on. Can be run without it.

I don't think the one that the guy was putting Molotov cocktails in was heated.

 

[ABlaster]

The reason I'm following this closely is because I'm planning on cutting some items off my "seldom used but the task is important" list, and one of those items is my stainless steel tumbler. It's a relatively bulky and certainly a uni-tasker, but nothing I have ever found makes brass cases look like brand new better than it can. If I can get even similar results out of an ultrasonic, I will dump my tumbler in a heartbeat with the bonus being that I can use the ultrasonic for other stuff as well.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Knocking the crap off, need a brass brush to get all the little bits. So far it's looking like it will return it to new looking. Cooking more now.