sherpa
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2004
- Messages
- 533
- Location
- North Carolina Mountains
- Tractor
- 2004 NH TC33D & 2014 NH Boomer 24
Thanks for the replies!
Thank you very much for posting your experiences and methods. I have been looking different machines for a future purchase. I did not know you could isolate items and solutions in containers like that. That is great information.I have this one:
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It hold a LOT of fluid. When doing large items, or lots of small items, its very nice to have the capacity. But thats a LOT of cleaner! The grease and oils that come off of some parts can be a pain to clean out too. For doing jewelry, I really dont want grease in there. I discovered using simple tap water for the bulk of the cleaner. I use little jars, ranging from very small glass jars, up to qt size ball jars. Peanut butter jars are really good. These jars hold the cleaning solution and the object I'm cleaning.
Here is the process. I put a small carb or carb parts into a peanut butter jar, fill it with gasoline (OMG! ) and put the entire thing in the water. The ultrasonic waves will pass through glass and plastic as if they were not there. Now, I'm not wasting all that cleaner, and my machine stays clean!
I use this for my wife's jewelry in a small jar: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00725MAG8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use simple green, gasoline, dawn, Zep industrial purple degreaser, even CLP. All in jars, or home made PVC tubes, etc.
I have a few silencers that I've made a PVC tube for. I put the silencer in the tube, fill it with CLP, seal it up with a screw top, let it soak for a day or two, and run it for a few hours in the ultrasonic. Cleans the carbon quite well.
A Mikuni carburetor turned black with Simple Green so I called Mikuni. The tech said they use a heated ultrasonic cleaner 5% Simple Green, 95% distilled water.I have tried a number of different additives in my ultra-sonic cleaner. Most work fine.
But, I do a lot of aluminum castings and carbs. I have found most additives like Simple Green, etc. discolor the castings or carb bodies.
Dawn dish soap is cheap and doesn’t discolor the material. Plain water works well too.
I change the water frequently and always clean the tank before adding fresh water. I have also found cleaning parts, drain/clean the tank and do the parts one final time does a good rinse.