Ultrasonic cleaner?

April 08, 2018, 10:08 AM

barry1967

Ultrasonic cleaner?

Anyone use one to clean their pistols?

If so, what do you have and do you like it, and would you recommend it?

Thanks
Barry

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April 08, 2018, 10:19 AM

FenderBender

I got a cheap one at harbor fright, I use the purple "pro HD" simply green because of some thing about regular simply green causing issues with aluminum.

works great.

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April 08, 2018, 10:21 AM

thumperfbc

Also interested in what you guys use as the solution. I have one I haven’t used yet because I’m not sure what to put in it. I’m mostly interested in cleaning things like bolt assemblies and p320 FCU’s.

April 08, 2018, 10:41 AM

45 Cal

It made a 5906 smith that had been stolen years earlier that look like shit, sparkle.
It got every bit of dirt and dries on grease off.
Simple green in hot water was the way I loaded it into the sonic cleaner.
I normally use for brass with citric acid added.
They work in some cases on certain things.

April 08, 2018, 10:54 AM

g8rforester

Based on the price of these things, I'm interested!!

I'd also like to hear the voice of experience.

April 08, 2018, 02:10 PM

StorminNormin

I have the Hornady Lock and Load 7 liter ultrasonic cleaner and I love it. I use Hornady’s cleaning solution and it does a fantastic job. I use it to clean my guns and brass. I recently took the baffles out of one of my suppressors and cleaned them in it and they came out looking new. You can’t clean blued guns in it.

https://www.natchezss.com/horn...onic-cleaner-7l.html

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April 08, 2018, 02:49 PM

AKSuperDually

I ruined the finish on my M&P 22.

Don't put aluminum in it.

Perhaps if I hadn't of bought a Chinese industrial one off of amazon...there might have been a warning.

My brass and stainless guns are all looking like new though.

I use the lymans solution. I've used purple power degreaser.

A heated ultrasonic cleaner is awesome for brass. With my tumble and ultrasonic clean process, brass looks better than new.

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April 08, 2018, 03:00 PM

armored

I recently started using the one I bought from Harbor Freight.I originally bought it for brass cleaning.
I tried the lemonshine and dawn solution on the brass and it worked great.
I decided to try it on my CZ Shadow SPO1 barrel, THANK GOD I did not put anything other than the barrel in the tank, when I removed the barrel almost all the blueing had come off.
Be VERY careful what solutions you use.

I am no expert, but think I am sometimes.

April 09, 2018, 06:40 AM

MikeinNC

A BM1 at one of my units used a sonic cleaner on several M9's....with Simple Green...

They brought me the guns after they had tried to paint them black with BBQ paint.

HAHAHAHAHA, dude got in so much trouble, they made him a BM2 and made it so where he could not even touch a weapon.

The takeaway is READ the instructions. Aluminium + sonic cleaner = BAD

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April 09, 2018, 09:03 AM

erj_pilot

I have the RCBS Ultrasonic cleaner. I just want to clean the barrel and slide of say my M&P Shield. What solution would I use to prevent ruining these parts?? Thanks, all-knowing SIGForum panel!!

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April 09, 2018, 09:25 AM

myrottiety

I swear I'm going to buy one one day. Just to drop my cans in. Plus AR bolts.

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