The ultrasonic cleaner thread

[GARDRB]

12 hours ago, kws said:

I have a 2L one and it's fairly small, so depends what you want to use it for I guess. Mine just fits a small motorbike carb body in it

 

Yeah I equate 2L to an ice cream container, I was thinking nuts and bolts and things, but scope may creep in the future

[tortron]

10L minimum imo and needs to be heated

[ThePog]

On 12/11/2024 at 12:13, GARDRB said:

Is this as good a deal as it looks??

https://www.jaycar.co.nz/1800ml-80w-ultrasonic-cleaner/p/YH5416

Fuck I am getting one on general principle at that price.

[GARDRB]

On 13/11/2024 at 11:54, tortron said:

10L minimum imo and needs to be heated

Why not just use an old bath?

[tortron]

Just now, GARDRB said:

Why not just use an old bath?

I think you need to consider power and spacing of the sonicators? Vibrators? For effective cleaning. 

But yeah if my acid dissolved one still has a usable control board, I'm putting it on a big stockpot or something.

 

The one I have I think was 12L. Pretty good size, ran into a few things where a bigger one would have been better. But could, for example, run quad carbs in there several times in different positions to get the whole thing.

 

Being able to fit say 4 mason jars in there at once for small components was also very useful

[ThePog]

So I am about to pick up that Jaycar unit, mostly because the carbs on the Fiat have issues, ie one of the idle mixture circuits does not appear to work so is probably clagged up, plus they are dirty as fuck anyway.

From what I have read on here a few squirts of dishwashing liquid and clean water is safest? And how long to run it for?

 

Chur

[tortron]

My machine would does 30 min cycles. I'd usually do 2 of them. Good to agitate/rinse as the ultrasonic doesn't really do that

My normal mix is a good squirter of dishwash, 70ish degree heat, 30 min. Twice

*you can use naughty never to use stuff like petrol or aggressive thinners to help shift varnish. I have never had one explode yet. Usually in a smaller covered jar or similar.

[ThePog]

14 minutes ago, tortron said:

My machine would does 30 min cycles. I'd usually do 2 of them. Good to agitate/rinse as the ultrasonic doesn't really do that

My normal mix is a good squirter of dishwash, 70ish degree heat, 30 min. Twice

*you can use naughty never to use stuff like petrol or aggressive thinners to help shift varnish. I have never had one explode yet. Usually in a smaller covered jar or similar.

What is this jar situation? I don't understand..

[tortron]

4 minutes ago, ThePog said:

What is this jar situation? I don't understand..

If you put a glass jar inside an ultrasonic cleaner, the vibrations will travel through it quite well.

This let's you fill the cleaner with normal water and use something stronger to clean in just the jar.

You can also use ziploc bags. Plastic containers apparently absorb the vibrations a bit

 

If you have something like multiple cards. It can help for keeping everything seperate as well.

[anglia4]

The jar is also good for keeping hold of all the screws and jets and things to make them easy to fish out when the liquid is hot

[GARDRB]

Ok, Jaycar ultrasonic cleaner review.

Showed up this morning. It has a maximum run time of 480 seconds which is a bit shit. So far I've cleaned my watch strap and phone case and a comb I found in the bathroom. I'm assuming with the short run time I'm gonna be disappointed, but it's definitely a gateway cleaner. Just after one use, I want a gruntier one.

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

How satisfying is seeing the initial cloud of gunge come off something though...?

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

I bought a 6.5 litre one off Ali, sized to fit bike carbs, love using it. 
I did wonder about just buying transducers and making my own up from a suitably sized stainless bath/basket setup. Wouldn't be hard to do...

[GARDRB]

2 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

I did wonder about just buying transducers and making my own up from a suitably sized stainless bath/basket setup. Wouldn't be hard to do...

Hahaha yeah, I've been thinking the same thing

[ThePog]

3 hours ago, GARDRB said:

Ok, Jaycar ultrasonic cleaner review.

Showed up this morning. It has a maximum run time of 480 seconds which is a bit shit. So far I've cleaned my watch strap and phone case and a comb I found in the bathroom. I'm assuming with the short run time I'm gonna be disappointed, but it's definitely a gateway cleaner. Just after one use, I want a gruntier one.

Yea that runtime is stink. I wonder if the control board can be replaced with a manual switch.

[Bling]

Pretty sure the manual mentions how long to wait before giving it another run. So i'd say just crappy duty cycle and pushing it would end in the world turning inside out.

[ThePog]

Just as well it was cheap...

/Goes go scour marketplace.

[anglia4]

I got this one. 10L 360W.

Chosen purely because none of the other sellers would ship the bigger units to NZ and it came with an NZ/AU plug option. No complaints, seems to work very well.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005071469599.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.2.64faokCsokCsbn&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40000.327270.0&scm_id=1007.40000.327270.0&scm-url=1007.40000.327270.0&pvid=0cd1b5a9-e00a-4c45-8c66-1dad5031f3e8&_t=gps-id%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%2Cscm-url%3A1007.40000.327270.0%2Cpvid%3A0cd1b5a9-e00a-4c45-8c66-1dad5031f3e8%2Ctpp_buckets%3A668%232846%238113%231998&pdp_npi=4%40dis!NZD!152.28!95.94!!!656.38!413.52!%402103010c17270492533791472e1ebb!12000031525343271!rec!NZ!705824059!XZ&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller|query_from%3A&search_p4p_id=202409221654134235258131620581375507_1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1jogeKCKUi6pPDJonmJzG-7IbQDAxLYKYRQyRpq4rANAmeYm933K7qmQU_aem_FtCIzbtyGry513x146pt-g

[tortron]

That's the same as mine. Is good.

I saw someone using the 30L one and you can fit a 4cyl cylinder head in it

[Corbie]

We have a 30L one at work. Agree you could fit a 4cyl head. Probably a bit too shallow for a block though.

100°C for 30mins should take care of most things