Ultrasonic Cleaners

Used to use these all the time in my work.
We had all manner of ultrasonic cleaners, all the way up to big heated monsters with Trichloroethylene in them, truly brilliant stuff, I stripped and overhauled an entire Vauxhall Astra engine using this monster when I was an apprentice, those we're the days..........
Unfortunately Trichloroethylene is no more, and it's replacement doesn't cut the mustard !

Still, be great to have a decent sized one of these in my man den, together with a high pressure blaster cabinet which utilises plastic beads or ground walnut shell. Once you got those babies in your arsenal you can overhaul anything !

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Does anybody have any experience of Ultrasonic Cleaners? Any recommendations or ones to avoid?

they are supposed to work well,but have known people with classic working bikes send the carbs off to be cleaned and have carburetor problems on the rebuilt carbs with no real apparent reason other than they had been cleaned

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

I use them daily in work , I would say that if you want to clean seriously gunky parts then get a heated one . I tend to clean stuff with ISO or Acetone in work for delicate items , but there are limits to these things . If your gonna be throwing bike bits in there then you may be disapointed . Scrubbing brush and Jizer can sometimes be the best way to remove the worst , then use the Ultrasonics to get at the nitty gritty .

I've always had used Gunk or Jizer and emery paper on corrosion (on calipers).
Badg, think you could fit a SV engine in one at work?

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by SV_archie99

Used to use these all the time in my work.
We had all manner of ultrasonic cleaners, all the way up to big heated monsters with Trichloroethylene in them, truly brilliant stuff, I stripped and overhauled an entire Vauxhall Astra engine using this monster when I was an apprentice, those we're the days..........
Unfortunately Trichloroethylene is no more, and it's replacement doesn't cut the mustard !

Still, be great to have a decent sized one of these in my man den, together with a high pressure blaster cabinet which utilises plastic beads or ground walnut shell. Once you got those babies in your arsenal you can overhaul anything !

I worked for a while at the Chorley site of Leyland Truck & Bus as an apprentice seconded to the safety office, when a tric tank exploded. People thought I was taking the P when I as an 18 year old was trying to order them out that area. Next day all machine tools had a thin film of surface rust where they had been nicely degreased overnight. Brilliant degreaser, what a pity it is no more.

just noticed on my aldi app these were selling from yesterday : http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_28898.htm

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Fraser1200

just noticed on my aldi app these were selling from yesterday : http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_28898.htm

you have an aldi app?!?! wtf!!

hahaha pretty tragic i no but they sometimes sell decent stuff, the apps free and u shd get it