Ultrasonic Solutions

[Countryfried Frank]

My brand spanking new ultrasonic cleaner showed up on my doorstep yesterday. I have already picked up a bottle of the Hornaday stuff for brass and I added a bottle of the Lyman stuff to my Midway wish list for cleaning firearms parts (I'll need that if I ever recover them form the bottom of the lake) but part of the deal to get the funding from the Minister of Appropriations was that I can also clean her jewelery with it. Aside from the obvious no watches or things with little internal bits that can be damaged by moisture are there any suggestions on cleaning other items? Specifically, do I need a different solution for (mostly 14k/18k gold) jewelery or even different solution for brass vs. steel parts? Anything to watch out for like gems rattling loose from cleaning? Is ultrasonic cleaning bad for non-steel frames like on a Glock, HK or Kel-Tec? Finally, how detailed of a strip is necessary for cleaning a handgun, do I need to separate every individual component, just get the non-steel parts off or somewhere in between? Thanks in advance for your opinions.

[Grayskies]

Found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery_cleaning

[RJWesleyIII]

When I clean my glocks, I take the slide off, barrel out and put all the pieces in. Come out looking new. I still scrub the barrel after its done.


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[rukwikenuf]

i'm not sure about any specific solvents/solutions, but last year i worked at a machine shop that used an ultrasonic cleaner. we were a prototype shop for the medical industry, held to some pretty solid regulations, and all we ever had was Simple Green in the ultrasonic. if i remember correct, we used the concentrated stuff and mixed it 1:1, however it may have been 2 parts Simple Green and 1 part water

sure it wasn't sterile when it came out (didn't need to be, they were sterilized later and eventually used on cadavers), but damn if it wasn't clean! i tried the ultrasonic on my FNP-40 once, and it was immaculate. just like RJWesley, i pulled the slide, barrel, mag, and frame separate, dropped it all in, and when i was done i also rinsed it out with water and dried it with an air-hose. then oiled it, assembled it, and took it to the range

[RJWesleyIII]

I use the hornady solution for gun parts on my guns, and the cartridge case solution for the brass. I use purple power or simple green when I put carburetors in the ultrasonic. These machines work great for a bunch of different items.


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