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Doing well Gary. Hope you all are too. Don't want to hijack the post will PM you.
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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. |
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I use Simple Green in mine, it does an amazing job a real time saver. Give it a good rinse then drop it in some water soluble oil solution dry and lube.
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I've been using ultrasonic cleaners for 35 years for work(dental laboratory) and probably started using one for gun cleaning long before they became popular. I also use Simple Green for cleaning everything from cartridge cases to shotgun actions. Don't leave brass cases in too long as the solution will heat up and they'll tarnish. Simple Green will remove all old oil, grease and crud and reveal case colors that you didn't know were there. If you're shopping for a used ultrasonic one simple test to see if its still working is to put a piece of aluminum foil in the solution and run it. If it punches little hole in the foil its working.
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Ultra sonic Cleaner
Check Harbor Freight for an ultra-cleaner cleaner. New ones are just over $100 but made in China. Cheers, Tom
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What tank size would you guys recommend?
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Mine is about 3 quarts or so and work great. Cheers, Tom
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I bought a Lyman Turbosonic 2500 a while back. It holds 2.5 liters, or 5.3 pints. It has room for a Parker receiver without a problem. Bought some of the concentrated Lyman cleaner solution with it. They have two types of cleaner, brass and steel. I put a Trojan receiver that didn't look too bad and ran it through several cycles with heat. I was surprised how much loose rust and debris was on the bottom of the tank after. The Lyman was priced at $170, which I thought was fairly low for the unit. It probably would have cost at least that with shipping to buy a new similar sized unit off the internet and I have the comfort of the Lyman name and a fairly large outdoor retail chain behind it. The Simple Green idea sounds interesting. May have to try a tank and compare it to the Lyman commercial product.
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