Ultrasonic cleaners..

[DitchPanda]

Who on here uses one? What do you use it for? What brand do you like? Last but not least...what liquid do you use in it?

[casts_by_fly]

i bought a cheapie on amazon when I thought I was going to do my own reel maintenance and pull bearings.  I never did that, but we use the cleaner all the time for my wife's jewelry and it works great.  Just water.  

[PourMyOwn]

I use one quite a bit for reels and carburetors.  I use hot water. It's a lot more efficient to put boiling water in there than to wait for the heating element in the ultrasonic to heat the water...and mine is also an Amazon special.

[DitchPanda]

My buddy has a hornady one and man does that get a reel clean. He's done several spinning reels for me and they are like new when they come out of there. I may look to pick a cheap one up.

[GTN-NY]

I always forget that I have a cheap amazon one. I got it to clean empty ammo casings but it’s to small

[clayton86]

I have a Hornady one I use it for reloading and gun parts that fit in it. I use the Hornady solution mixed with distilled water like it calls for. 

[txchaser]

When you get around to cleaning bearings with it... don't uhh, try to fill the whole container with acetone. There's a lot of plastic in there. Acetone+plastic is like Elaztech in a ziplock full of senkos. 

 

Apparently I should have been filling it almost up with water, then dropping a shot glass full of acetone in the water. 

[GreenPig]

I have a Hornady also and fill it with water and use actone in a small shot glass for bearings and metal gears. 

[GTN-NY]

What liquid do you recommend for gun parts?

[Jrob78]

I use a mixture of Simple Green and water in the tank for cleaning most everything and acetone in a small jar for bearings. 

 

Mine is one of the rectangular ones sold on Ebay that was about $100, I don't know what brand it is but it was well worth the money.

[Darth-Baiter]

my wife has a tiny one she drops jewerly into.  not sure it would fit my pistol barrels.   i should see