Ultrasonic Cleaners

[Richard Flanders]

Take a look on ebay for large cheap used sonic cleaners. There's some nice ones for very cheap. One holds 30 liters! There's several large enough for cleaining cases or putting entire s/s receivers in for <$100.

To use a solvent like lacquer thinner in a sonic cleaner I put it in a jar that is put into the cleaner tub and surrounded with water. I put my parts in the jar of lacquer thinner and set the lid on loosely to help control the fumes, which works well as I never smell any even when it heats up a bit. I would never just fill a cleaner tub with solvent; it would be too messy if nothing else. When I'm done I just cap the jar and keep it on the shelf and have no mess to clean up.