02-21-2017, 10:46 PM
Did some research today, seams to be a myriad of concoctions.
Haven't found a Canadian source for the clock cleaning solution you use Vinny but found a home brew of Oleic acid, acetone, dish soap ammonia and water. Now to find Oleic acid.
The water based degreasers seam popular. One chap said he uses methyl alcohol to clean carburetors. Wonder if aluminum wheel cleaner would work Ed?
For paint guns a couple said they use gun wash in a plastic bag dropped into the tank full of water, rather like that one.
A few interesting cautions, according to one post the ultrasonic will degrade ball bearings, said they tried it to remove the factory lube where a customer wanted some special grease that wasn't compatible with the factory lube. They assume the vibration caused the balls to score the races. The result was noisy bearings. That was one use I had for it.
Apparently I won't be able to do all my jewelry in it, darn. Pearls, jade, amber, amethyst and a few others come apart. Probably due to the bound water in the structure.
One post suggested suspending thin aluminum foil in the tank full of water, and measure how quick it blew holes in the foil to determine the cleaning action of your particular unit. Interesting.
To be honest I hadn't looked into how they actually work. Apparently the ultrasonic vibrations form microscopic bubbles that grow until they collapse, that generates temperatures of 500 deg f, and when the bubble collapses a jet of water breaks through the bubble at up to 400 kph. Its that jet that does the scrubbing. The chance of the jet being directed at the part is small but guess with enough bubbles forming you get lucky.
Haven't found a Canadian source for the clock cleaning solution you use Vinny but found a home brew of Oleic acid, acetone, dish soap ammonia and water. Now to find Oleic acid.
The water based degreasers seam popular. One chap said he uses methyl alcohol to clean carburetors. Wonder if aluminum wheel cleaner would work Ed?
For paint guns a couple said they use gun wash in a plastic bag dropped into the tank full of water, rather like that one.
A few interesting cautions, according to one post the ultrasonic will degrade ball bearings, said they tried it to remove the factory lube where a customer wanted some special grease that wasn't compatible with the factory lube. They assume the vibration caused the balls to score the races. The result was noisy bearings. That was one use I had for it.
Apparently I won't be able to do all my jewelry in it, darn. Pearls, jade, amber, amethyst and a few others come apart. Probably due to the bound water in the structure.
One post suggested suspending thin aluminum foil in the tank full of water, and measure how quick it blew holes in the foil to determine the cleaning action of your particular unit. Interesting.
To be honest I hadn't looked into how they actually work. Apparently the ultrasonic vibrations form microscopic bubbles that grow until they collapse, that generates temperatures of 500 deg f, and when the bubble collapses a jet of water breaks through the bubble at up to 400 kph. Its that jet that does the scrubbing. The chance of the jet being directed at the part is small but guess with enough bubbles forming you get lucky.
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Greg
Greg