Ultrasonic Cleaner
Discussion
Anyone got experience of using these? I used to use one years ago when I was diving as it was simply part of the maintenance routine that the regulators would spend so long in the tank but these were never really "dirty" in the first place so the results were never obvious. But last night I was stripping down the brake calipers off of my off road bike (tiny little 2 pot brembos) and having real problems shifting the crud off of them with conventional degreaser/brake cleaner, so remembered the ultrasonics. Are they any good at shifting proper muck?
Looking on ebay there's some reasonable size ones (big enough for a car caliper) for just over £100 so it might be the perfect tool.
Also what do you fill them with? I seem to remember some sort of light solvant solution, but it would have to be o ring/seal safe.
Looking on ebay there's some reasonable size ones (big enough for a car caliper) for just over £100 so it might be the perfect tool.
Also what do you fill them with? I seem to remember some sort of light solvant solution, but it would have to be o ring/seal safe.
I use one for clock parts and my wife pops her jewellery in from time to time - brilliant results.
I've tried putting various bits of(small)greasy mechanical TVR bits in it from time to time but the results are disappointing. Something "clean" that needs de-clogging e.g. a carb jet should be fine but it won't touch deeply ingrained crud...stick to a degreaser and a high pressure jet.
£100 will buy you a decent USS cleaner - make sure it has a heating function and that it has a metal case - the cheapo plastic versions auto-destruct in a few weeks. The solvent cleaner is available on fleabay but good old H2O is often enough.
I've tried putting various bits of(small)greasy mechanical TVR bits in it from time to time but the results are disappointing. Something "clean" that needs de-clogging e.g. a carb jet should be fine but it won't touch deeply ingrained crud...stick to a degreaser and a high pressure jet.
£100 will buy you a decent USS cleaner - make sure it has a heating function and that it has a metal case - the cheapo plastic versions auto-destruct in a few weeks. The solvent cleaner is available on fleabay but good old H2O is often enough.
Edited by moffspeed on Tuesday 5th August 10:44
There are many different types of fluid available. Some are mild and great for jewelery etc but you can get much more aggressive types for cleaning of rust and ground in dirt like on brakes.
Prob is you can't use more aggressive types on things like jewelry as you won't have much left afterwoods.
If you do a search on Google for Ultrasonic Cleaner fluids you can get the info you need.
Ex77
Prob is you can't use more aggressive types on things like jewelry as you won't have much left afterwoods.
If you do a search on Google for Ultrasonic Cleaner fluids you can get the info you need.
Ex77
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