Ultrasonic cleaners

proonur said:
Guys I kinda think this is a waste of time and money. All I use is the Birchwood Casey Case Cleaner solution you can buy for $8. It mixes up something like 40L of cleaning solution, and you just soak your deprimed cases in it for 3 minutes or so and they come out quite clean. Then I use a little primer pocket brush to take out whatever is left in the pocket and I'm ready to reload.
I could be totally wrong, but I really don't think cases need to be brand new clean to be accurate. My reloads work just fine in .223, 30-06 and 303 Brit.
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For me it is far from a waste of time or money. But I guess that is my decision to make, not yours.

If you don't like the method of brass cleaning we are using and talking about in this thread, please feel free to not use it, very simple.
 
I swear by U/s cleaning. I don't care what the cases look like on the outside. it's what's inside that counts and it does a great job.

I have found that adding a half teaspoon of electric dishwasher soap powder to the Vinegar and dish soap mix cuts the cleaning time to 4 minutes.
 
Blygy said:
What about ultrasonic for cleaning rifles???

A tank big enough to drop in a whole rifle?? would it work?? or be a waste of time???
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It's fairly common for people to clean handguns by submering them in the small tank units. It's supposed to do a good job removing carbon stains from stainless guns. However, a cleaner large enough to hold a rifle barrel and action would be very expensive. Cost aside, the cleaning efficiency would be offset by the extra work needed to properly dry and protect the metal after getting it out of the tank. I doubt it would be worth doing unless you were a gunsmith running a re-bluing operation.

If you're looking to remove the elbow grease from removing copper, lead, and carbon fouling from a barrel, you'd probably be better off looking at the various electro-chemical barrel cleaners (e.g., Foul-Out).
 
stickhunter said:
It's fairly common for people to clean handguns by submering them in the small tank units. It's supposed to do a good job removing carbon stains from stainless guns. However, a cleaner large enough to hold a rifle barrel and action would be very expensive. Cost aside, the cleaning efficiency would be offset by the extra work needed to properly dry and protect the metal after getting it out of the tank. I doubt it would be worth doing unless you were a gunsmith running a re-bluing operation.
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Whole rifle aside, would it work for cleaning the disassembled internals of a rifle? Like, would it be alright to throw something like a ar15 bolt/bolt carrier in there for cleaning
 
crazy_arctic_hero said:
Whole rifle aside, would it work for cleaning the disassembled internals of a rifle? Like, would it be alright to throw something like a ar15 bolt/bolt carrier in there for cleaning
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As long as the cleaners you use are safe for bluing/parkerizing, why not? i.e., don't use a mixture containing CLR or anything that's good at disolving rust. Which also reminds me that you don't necessarily need to use water-based products in the ultrasonic units, so post-cleaning preservation of the metal may be easier than I originally suggested.

Ultrasonic cleaners are very popular for small parts cleaning because they can clean tight passages such as would be found in carburators.
 
I have corn cob that if very fine just like sand
no more peice in the flash hole
and it cleans faster than the regular that I had bejore the one you have
do a google and you will find a dealer of it
 
crazy_arctic_hero said:
Whole rifle aside, would it work for cleaning the disassembled internals of a rifle? Like, would it be alright to throw something like a ar15 bolt/bolt carrier in there for cleaning
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Yes...I use it to clean any steel gun parts. It's not recommended for aluminum...

It's amazing how much dirt (that you think you already found) will end up in the bottom of the tank.

If you do use it to clean gun parts...make sure to follow up with a second bath in a lubricating solution...or you will get surface rusting.
 
go STAINLESS tumbling media and never turn back it is as good as advertised where from what ive seen of ultrasonic it definatly isn't stainlesstumblingmedia.com i just went to stainless and its worth the initial investment ill never go any other root
 
ripitup911 said:
go STAINLESS tumbling media and never turn back it is as good as advertised where from what ive seen of ultrasonic it definatly isn't stainlesstumblingmedia.com i just went to stainless and its worth the initial investment ill never go any other root
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+1 on stainless. Results are good, done in larger batches and requires much less of my time.

USonic may have its uses for gun parts but if you decide to go USonic don't bother with cheap $100 units they don't have the power to clean a barrel or trigger group.
 
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