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What are some of the concoctions you have come up with to use in your sonic case cleaners?
Hi Dragon,Removing the tray will drastically decrease the life of the cleaner. Nothing metal is supposed to touch the sides/bottom of the cleaner. The tray may impeded the sonic waves but it's designed to work with it in place.
I use water/citric acid/dawn/lemishine in varying amounts depending on how large the batch is and how dirty the brass is. Lemishine is always a small amount. Typically a 9mm case full for 2L of water.
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Blarby,up to 5 parts water, and 1 part vinegar- dash of dish soap.
cycle three times.
cold water, 1 tbl baking soda
cycle once.
On really nasty range pickup for the first time through , I use about 3 parts water, and 1 part vinegar. Instead of the dish soap, I spray in a couple pumps of hoppes elite bore cleaner.
Been using this method since I got my ultra- and Ive tried a lot of different things....nothing really works better, and many of the things iv'e tried were certainly more expensive.
Most important thing is to not overload your cleaner.
I've found the best results removing that annoying plastic tray, and coating the bottom of the cleaner no more than 2" full.
I make sure and pause in the middle of each cycle, and stir the contents.
Its very easy to examine a few pieces at the end of the three cleaning cycles to see if they meet my standards.... if not, just keep pressin the button till they do.
After an initial treatment, most of my fired brass usually requires only two cycles to be where I need it.
FWIW.......
What is Lemishine, want to look for something similar here.
Hi John thanks for the link.I find Lemishine at Walmart in the dishwasher detergent area. It should be near the stuff for automatic dishwashers. In a small round plastic container that looks like this. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lemi-Shine-Super-Concentrated-Dishwasher-Detergent-Additive-12-oz/15724190
Clean using the ultra, vib tumble with nufinish to dry and remove any excess wear marks from the abrasive process- voila.
The nufinish coating/tumbling does absolute wonders for preventing nasty stuff from adhering to your uncoated brass, and makes further ultrasonic cleaning runs much, faster.
OK Blarby must have my dunce cap on this a.m.There it is- sorry I didn't make it clearer !