Ultrasonic cleaning

[paulham]

I got a ultrasonic cleaner when they were £30 in maplin (they are £20 in lidl/Aldi but you have to wait a whole year for stock) so that I can clean my brass.

It cleans really well and I want to clean the gunk out of my cz magazines and bolts.

Any reason why I shouldn't? I've been using a mixture of white vinegar, water and fairy liquid for the brass and it cleans them well.

Would the vinegar strip the black from the mags?

[Gren]

I had the Maplin one and it was not strong enough to clean the muck off motorcycle parts, so I'd look for something with more "grunt". When in use, it used to make the water get quite hot; so it was doing a job, just not enough of one for my, lazy, tastes

[SikaStag]

I was about to pull the trigger on the Ultrasonic Brass cleaning set up. I opted for the stainless steel pins. I have have a Vanco twin barrel tumble that can hold 200 cases in each one. I only use the one barrel. The stainless steel media is really good. The brass can be green and been lying in a field for 3 months. open the lid and it is the shiniest brass you have seen. Been threatening to make an annealer to anneal my cases.

Put them in the tumbler along with some washing up liquid and some lemishine and shut the lid and come back four hours later and hey Presto. as new brass, as shinny inside the case as the outside.


Ian

[Marky610]

I got a ultrasonic cleaner when they were £30 in maplin (they are £20 in lidl/Aldi but you have to wait a whole year for stock) so that I can clean my brass.

It cleans really well and I want to clean the gunk out of my cz magazines and bolts.

Any reason why I shouldn't? I've been using a mixture of white vinegar, water and fairy liquid for the brass and it cleans them well.

Would the vinegar strip the black from the mags?

The vinegar mixture is purely for cleaning your brass, I'd just use a degreaser (washing up liquid) for gun parts and remember it works better hot