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ultrasonic cleaner
- Thread starter Visaman
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I have a two gallon Branson that will hold any handgun but it does not work on 220. Maybe they make 220 versions, or a stepdown transformer could be used with it. Most home sized tanks in the US market are probably going to be 117V. so you may have to search ebay or the European market. I got mine used on ebay.
http://www.daigger.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=20626,24,28&q=ultrasonic
Has cleaners, it looks like the ones on the page are 110V put they say to call for 230V so they can probably get them special order.
Edit to add: http://www.daigger.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=20732E&q=ultrasonic has 230V models for a bit less money than the Bransons.
Has cleaners, it looks like the ones on the page are 110V put they say to call for 230V so they can probably get them special order.
Edit to add: http://www.daigger.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=20732E&q=ultrasonic has 230V models for a bit less money than the Bransons.
SundownRider
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Be careful with what you put in there. A friend of mine took the finish off a Beretta 21 that he cleaned. The bluing was fine, but the unblued parts of the frame came out as bare metal.
The bluing was fine, but the unblued parts of the frame came out as bare metal.
What were they before?
I don't believe it is advisable to put anything in an ultrasonic cleaner unless the information that comes with the cleaner specifically states that it is acceptable.Has anyone tried water with 5% ballistol as a cleaning medium ?
Ballistol.
It's an old-school german military gun oil, sort of the first CLP or wonder lube.
You can use it to lube razors, clean crud, or use it as a shave oil actually. It emulsifies with water (ie: forms a milky white solution good for cleaning razors or guns- especially after corrosive primers or BP), and is slightly alkaline. It's completely non-toxic. It's main ingredient is mineral oil.
It is biodegradable.
Ballistol MSDS
http://www2.hazard.com/msds/f2/bwh/bwhcx.html
It's an old-school german military gun oil, sort of the first CLP or wonder lube.
You can use it to lube razors, clean crud, or use it as a shave oil actually. It emulsifies with water (ie: forms a milky white solution good for cleaning razors or guns- especially after corrosive primers or BP), and is slightly alkaline. It's completely non-toxic. It's main ingredient is mineral oil.
It is biodegradable.
Ballistol MSDS
http://www2.hazard.com/msds/f2/bwh/bwhcx.html
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I know some alkaline cleaners/detergents will attack aluminum in an ultrasonic tank so aluminum frames should be cleaned cautiously. Sometimes depends on exposure and strength of the solution. Shooters Choice makes some specific gun cleaners for tanks but the cost is pretty high. And the makers of the tanks I use also specifically forbid any sort of flammable solvents that might vaporise in their tanks. Even alcohol.
I'm not an expert on ultrasonic cleaners but I don't think that putting oil in one is a great idea.Ballistol.
It's an old-school german military gun oil, sort of the first CLP or wonder lube.
If you want to use something other than the solution recommended by the material that came with the ultrasonic cleaner I advise that you contact the manufacturer first.
Most (all?) ultrasonic cleansers work by using the ultrasonic waves to cavitate the fluid.
Cavitation is the creation of microscopic bubbles that then collapse. A few billion of these violent (on a tiny scale) actions are what clean whatever's in there.
The cleaning solutions have to have very low surface tension to work. Oils are going to be the complete opposite of this, so the cavitation isn't going to work and I'm guessing you'll end up with a huge frothy mess.
Cavitation is the creation of microscopic bubbles that then collapse. A few billion of these violent (on a tiny scale) actions are what clean whatever's in there.
The cleaning solutions have to have very low surface tension to work. Oils are going to be the complete opposite of this, so the cavitation isn't going to work and I'm guessing you'll end up with a huge frothy mess.
Tom2
....And the makers of the tanks I use also specifically forbid any sort of flammable solvents that might vaporise in their tanks. Even alcohol.
The main reason they do not want organic solvents is that the machines are not explosion proof, they will cause organic vapors to ignite if the concentration in the air is high enough. We use water in the main tank and place solvents in glass beakers, we also have it in a fume hood so that the vapor concentration never gets very high around the cleaner.