Ultrasonic joy

[Richard Flanders]

I use a small sonic cleaner intended for drafting pens to clean gun parts. I stand a pnut butter jar in it that contains lacquer thinner then pour water around the jar to fill the cleaner tub. The thinner removes goop that takes forever for other cleaners to remove, especially if you let them soak for a day before turning the cleaner on. The jar is big enough to put a Parker action in and when I'm done I can put the lid on and store it. For a few small parts I use Dawn dish soap solution in the cleaner without the jar. There are generally surplussed larger sonic cleaners, big enough to hold a disassembled Colt 1911 and more available on Ebay for very reasonable prices compared to a new one. Some will hold 2-3 Colts at once.