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Posted: 7/26/2026 9:33:17 AM EDT
| What solution are you guys using with ultrasonic cleaners? |
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Originally Posted By Nobody69s: I use a 50/50 mix of simple green for all metal except aluminum. It will wreck aluminum. I think I'm good for aluminum. I have a rugged oculus (all stainless I think) 2 dead air Wolfman (wolfmen?) and a Huxwrx 762TI. I saw simple green has an aircraft solution. If I go with simple green I may get that to be on the safe side.  |
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Ultrasonic cleaners will strip off the cerakoting, right? No issues with simple green or other cleaners with stai nless steel or titanium? Just got one from Harbor freight and a bottle of the cleaner you can buy with it. |
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Originally Posted By Ronnoc: Ultrasonic cleaners will strip off the cerakoting, right? No issues with simple green or other cleaners with stainless steel or titanium? |
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Originally Posted By dsm600rr: I swear I saw somewhere, water in the ultrasonic with Breakthrough and the baffles in a Ziploc. That was going to be what I tried when it got dirty. I also have the Oculus and OCL Ti22. I saw something about that too. But I think it wouldn't work as well in a bag. |
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Originally Posted By Walker77: I saw something about that too. But I think it wouldn't work as well in a bag. if you put everything in a ziploc you'll use less cleaner and your ultrasonic tank will stay clean  you can also drain and reuse the distilled water used in the tank |
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Originally Posted By 1iviper: ultrasonic works fine through plastic bags or glass jars if you put everything in a ziploc you'll use less cleaner and your ultrasonic tank will stay clean you can also drain and reuse the distilled water used in the tank You can also filter (coffee) and re-use the Breakthrough a few times from what I have seen. |
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Originally Posted By dsm600rr: You can also filter (coffee) and re-use the Breakthrough a few times from what I have seen. |
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| Hornady’s ultrasonic cleaner works well and has never damaged anything. Breakthrough suppressor cleaner works well too. If you’re using the ziploc bags, use name brand freezer bags. Glass jars also work well too. |
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Originally Posted By Oldgold: How does the cleaner penetrate the glass jars or baggies? Thinking about getting my first cleaner. Solution in the bag/jar. Regular water in the rest of the tank. |
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Originally Posted By dsm600rr: For you guys using the Ziploc in the ultrasonic, do you use the heat function as well if you have the option? Yes. My ultrasonic has a heater and I use it, but I also usually heat the new clean water first instead of starting out with room temp and it taking a while. Microwave or stove, it doesn’t need to be boiling. I’m usually just trying to get as much done as possible in the short amount of free time I have available to spend doing it. |
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Originally Posted By Glocked: Yes. My ultrasonic has a heater and I use it, but I also usually heat the new clean water first instead of starting out with room temp and it taking a while. Microwave or stove, it doesn’t need to be boiling. I’m usually just trying to get as much done as possible in the short amount of free time I have available to spend doing it. 10-4 thank you |
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Originally Posted By Glocked: Yes. My ultrasonic has a heater and I use it, but I also usually heat the new clean water first instead of starting out with room temp and it taking a while. Microwave or stove, it doesn’t need to be boiling. I’m usually just trying to get as much done as possible in the short amount of free time I have available to spend doing it. Originally Posted By Glocked: Originally Posted By dsm600rr: For you guys using the Ziploc in the ultrasonic, do you use the heat function as well if you have the option? Yes. My ultrasonic has a heater and I use it, but I also usually heat the new clean water first instead of starting out with room temp and it taking a while. Microwave or stove, it doesn’t need to be boiling. I’m usually just trying to get as much done as possible in the short amount of free time I have available to spend doing it. This right here. Breakthrough works a lot better at a higher energy state, but you don't have to heat the ziploc with BT itself- heated water in the tank is sufficient. I have a deep sink with a faucet wand where I site my Hornady 7L , and I put in a gallon ziploc with about a pint of BT (enough to fully submerge the suppressor), let the water run and get up to temp, say 110+, and fill around it with the hot water, then start a cycle. Works great. |
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| So, using these baggie methods with hot water and Breakthrough should work good on flow through suppressors without damaging cerakoting or the suppressors themselves? |
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Yeah, the stuff works like magic, and magic sure ain't cheap.
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Originally Posted By ScottS: Yeah, the stuff works like magic, and magic sure ain't cheap. Its chemical cost is about $62 and it has to be exposed of by an industrial waste disposal company. Even before it is used the only safe way to dispose of the chemicals is industrial incineration. |
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Originally Posted By ScottS: Yeah, the stuff works like magic, and magic sure ain't cheap. Originally Posted By ScottS: Do you mix it with water? |
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Originally Posted By Walker77: Do you mix it with water? Originally Posted By Walker77: Originally Posted By ScottS: Do you mix it with water? No. However if you’ll be using it in an ultrasonic, you can use the jar/bag method and minimize how much you use by not filling your whole tank with it. |
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Originally Posted By Green0: Its chemical cost is about $62 and it has to be exposed of by an industrial waste disposal company. Even before it is used the only safe way to dispose of the chemicals is industrial incineration. Our county has a collection center where we can take hazardous ‘hobby chemicals’. This is a handy service as we are essentially disposing of liquified lead. |
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Originally Posted By osprey21: 50/50 purple power and water. Amazon dropped off my ultrasonic and purple power on Sunday. I ran a test on the BCG for my Daniel Defense MK18 with a FRT. I ran it for 20 minutes with 50/50 mix (in a baggie) and now the BCG looks like it's parkerized. But it's the cleanest I've ever seen. I think I'll try 25% PP and 75% water for an upper receiver test. |
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Powder will always be cheaper because: A.) cheaper to package, store and transport. B.) you are not paying premium price for water. My previous job used something similar to this in an industrial setting. A jar would last you years. https://www.amazon.com/Alconox-Detergent-Cleaning-Concentrate-Container/dp/B0000WU828 |
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I have been using mineral spirits in my ultrasonic cleaner for a few years. It's mostly for cleaning gun parts, but i also clean bolts and other parts for whatever I'm working on. The big thing with it, heat is a must for any real cleaning. This came about after some more aggressive cleaners damaged finishes. Mineral spirits have never damaged finishes, and I'll do a quick dip and clean with plastic frames w/o any issue so far. I have also mixed in ATF fluid to help remove carbon on pistons with some decent success. Mostly i just needed the carbon softened up, and it did just that. That didn't damage the aluminum, or the teflon coating on the skirts. Now what do i do with suppressors.. It's new to me, so I'm going slow. I know to be careful of my pistol suppressors due to the aluminum bodies. I already had that lesson with a police surplus p226...  The rugged comes apart, so that's handy. My Dead Air Mojave does not. Titanium 3d printed internals, bonded to an aluminum body. So it will probably just get the safe mineral spirts. .22lr silencer co sparrow got pretty nasty after running some un plated ammo in my tx22. Some time in the mineral spirts at 60c seemed to loosen it up enough where it was easy to pick it off. Getting it apart wasn't too easy due to the build-up. So now it sports a coating of copper anti-sieze as a test.. Keeping the fluid clean is another struggle. Most recently i used a vacuum brake bleeder, some hose, and a fuel filter to suck up the fluid after i let the goo settle to the bottom. That worked pretty good for the most part. One day i need to upgrade to a larger unit that has a drain. |
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