Utra-Sonic Cleaner

[Eric Estes]

I used a solution of hot water and Dawn dish soap in mine and after a few cycles the case colors were streaked to the white. I have never seen anything like it.

[Twice Shooter]

Eric, I had the same problem a few years ago when using tap water. I think the water contains some chemicals that causes the streaking with Dawn. I use only distilled water and Lyman Turbo Clean now and I've never had a problem since. Cheers, Tom

[Eric Estes]

Thanks for that info Tom. No more tap water...

[Richard Flanders]

You can usually find quite a few large capacity sonic cleaners on ebay that were surplussed from labs somewhere. Some of the them look good and are likely v high quality and are pennies on the dollar compared to their cost new. If there's an issue with using tapwater it may be because it's chlorinated city water maybe? Or softened water?? I use Dawn in my cleaner a lot but mostly for small parts. For actions I use lacquer thinner, which does an incredible job of degunking anything you put in it. I alternately run the cleaner and let it soak.

[Mike Franzen]

Tom's right about the turbo clean and distilled water