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Posted: 12/17/2006 7:09:32 PM EDT
| Has anyone used an Ultrasonic cleaner to clean their AR-15's or 1911's. I shoot a lot and I am looking for something to do a complete job relatively quickly without having to get toxic chemicals on my hands on a regular basis. |
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I use Gunzilla, it may be what you're after. Use it just like CLP. Here's a link: www.topduckproducts.com/products.aspx?product=gunzilla |
Raider2 - I am interested in purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner for this very purpose. Does the Simple Green and ultrasonic cleaner combination do a good job of getting the dirt and carbon off the bolt face? What kind of ultrasonic cleaner did you purchase? Thank you in advance for your reply. |
| I use mineral spirits in mine and in does a fantastic job, it pretty much completely removes everything down to the finish (and I shoot suppressed so it is real dirty going in). The only area that I have to hit lightly with a brush is the back of the bolt, there tends to be a very small amount of very hard carbon deposit. I have not used anything else so I don't know if there is something better out there though. |
| i bought my ultrasonic cleaner for my supressor that im waiting to get, my class 3 dealer reccomended it to me. but i used it on my bolts and carriers, i threw my beretta 92 in there also. and let me tell you, i put the parts in for about 30 min. when i pull it out, its spotless. i use compressed air to blow it off, then i lube it up. i bought the ultrasonic cleaner from harbor freight, its a nice machine, it has a decent size stainless tank and i picked it up for around $120.00 . ive been using the powered cleaner they sell with the machine and its been working great. |
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there was a post in this section where an ultrasonic cleaner stripped his finish off. I cant rember what he was using for solvent or the dwell time. I know a few USPSA shooter that clean there match guns this way. Strip the gun drop all the parts in the UC load ammo while the UC is runing. dry the parts and re-oil then assemble. |
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I got the cleaner at Harbor Freight, it was on sale at the time so I figured I would give it a try. You do need to check the size of the ones they have, most are small. I seem to remember I got it for $70. I've had no problems with anything getting stripped. There are a few people that don't recommend Simple Green, but in the ultra sonic cleaner you want to be careful that you don't use fluids that are flammable and vaporize quickly. I have been told the results can be quite interesting. So far I’ve cleaned one of my ARs a few times after shooting a few hundred rounds of Wolf. The junk comes off in about 30 seconds. I’ve also cleaned my P99 after a few lengthy Wolf ammo sessions. It really cleaned up the hard to reach places. I haven’t noticed any adverse effects as a result. Recently I saw a cleaner from a company called L&R Ultra Sonics called the Handgun Cleaning System. That was quite a set up. The set I saw had cleaning and lubricating solutions. There were two cleaning buckets, so you could clean one set and place the bucket on top of the other and lube the cleaned stuff. It’s some kind of voodoo magic, you have to see it. That system seemed to work real well, but it is expensive. |
No. From the web: Ultrasonic cleaning Ultrasonic cleaners are cleaning devices that use ultrasound (usually from 15-400 kHz) to clean delicate items. They are often employed for cleaning of jewellery, lenses and other optical parts, coins, watches, dental and surgical instruments, fountain pens, industrial parts and electronic equipment. In everyday use such devices may be found in use in most jewellery workshops, watchmakers establishments, or in cellular phone repair workshops (where it could be used for cleaning a phone that has been exposed to enough moisture to hinder its operation). In an ultrasonic cleaner, the object to be cleaned is placed in a chamber containing a suitable ultrasound conducting fluid (an aqueous or organic solvent, depending on the application). An ultrasound generating transducer is built into the chamber, or may be lowered into the fluid. It is electronically activated to produce ultrasonic waves in the fluid. The main mechanism of cleaning action is by energy released from the creation and collapse of microscopic cavitation bubbles, which break up and lift off dirt and contaminants from the surface to be cleaned. Industrial ultrasonic cleaners are used in the automotive, sporting, printing, marine, medical, pharmaceutical, electroplating, engineering and weapons industries. Devices for home and hobby use are readily available, and may cost as little as US $20, as of January 2007. |
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