ultra sonic cleaner

[Lewdan 17]

Just got myself an ultra-sonic cleaning bath, will probably hold about 50 .223 cases, just wondered what cleaning mix is best to use

LD

[HUnter_zero 58]

There are many "home brew" recipes out there, just do a search. Best purchased product I have used and IMHO is the best a man can get!! Micro 90 (My link ), try it don't try it it's up to you but this stuff beats the hell out of anything else I have used.

One little tip..... Drying the cases, I have found a sure fire and super quick way to dry my cases. Nip to the £ store and buy a bottle of Acetone, after cleaning the cases sub merge in the acetone (which mixes with the water on the cases), take out to the garage or garden, now give each case a shake and place on some kitchen paper to dry. The cases will be 100% dry (acetone + water will evaporate very quickly)in no time at all. A few weeks back when we had our summer, I re-sized, cleaned and reloaded 200 .308 cases in just over an hour.

 

John

 

Just got myself an ultra-sonic cleaning bath, will probably hold about 50 .223 cases, just wondered what cleaning mix is best to use

LD

[Lewdan 17]

There are many "home brew" recipes out there, just do a search. Best purchased product I have used and IMHO is the best a man can get!! Micro 90 (My link ), try it don't try it it's up to you but this stuff beats the hell out of anything else I have used.

One little tip..... Drying the cases, I have found a sure fire and super quick way to dry my cases. Nip to the £ store and buy a bottle of Acetone, after cleaning the cases sub merge in the acetone (which mixes with the water on the cases), take out to the garage or garden, now give each case a shake and place on some kitchen paper to dry. The cases will be 100% dry (acetone + water will evaporate very quickly)in no time at all. A few weeks back when we had our summer, I re-sized, cleaned and reloaded 200 .308 cases in just over an hour.

 

John

 

 

Just got myself an ultra-sonic cleaning bath, will probably hold about 50 .223 cases, just wondered what cleaning mix is best to use

LD

 

 

Hi John, Thank you for the reply, i will give the acetone tip a try!

Cheers.

LD

Edited May 20, 2011 by Lewdan

[mangy1983 51]

There are many "home brew" recipes out there, just do a search. Best purchased product I have used and IMHO is the best a man can get!! Micro 90 (My link ), try it don't try it it's up to you but this stuff beats the hell out of anything else I have used.

One little tip..... Drying the cases, I have found a sure fire and super quick way to dry my cases. Nip to the £ store and buy a bottle of Acetone, after cleaning the cases sub merge in the acetone (which mixes with the water on the cases), take out to the garage or garden, now give each case a shake and place on some kitchen paper to dry. The cases will be 100% dry (acetone + water will evaporate very quickly)in no time at all. A few weeks back when we had our summer, I re-sized, cleaned and reloaded 200 .308 cases in just over an hour.

 

John

 

Just got myself an ultra-sonic cleaning bath, will probably hold about 50 .223 cases, just wondered what cleaning mix is best to use

LD

 

Another excellent tip mate as l have tried loadsa different ways to keep the shine on the brass after cleaning them during the drying process. I use lemishine as my ultrasonic cleaner as l read the yanks swear by it but you have to import it. Its a dishwasher powder and all you have to do is put a spoonful of it into the water. Tried slow drying my brass on a radiator, fast drying in the oven but they always lost their shine which annoys the h311 outta me so going to give this tip a shot.

 

cheers Callum

[HUnter_zero 58]

Tried slow drying my brass on a radiator, fast drying in the oven but they always lost their shine

cheers Callum

 

Drying cases after U/S cleaning was always a real pain in the rear.

 

Acetone works a treat. What I do is to wait for a nice sunny day, when I can feel the garden wall warming up. I'll U/S a load of cases, give the cases a quick flush in tap water (although if you wanted to flush correctly you should use distilled water, which can be obtained from car shops, I don't bother). Pour a bottle of acetone in to a jug and drop the cases in, give them a swirl, take them out and stand the cases up on the wall. Ten minuets later all the cases are dry, clean and ready to be reloaded. That said, I usually give them the once over with a hair drier just to be sure all the acetone has evaporated, don't forget acetone is VERY flammable!!

 

John

[mangy1983 51]

Tried slow drying my brass on a radiator, fast drying in the oven but they always lost their shine

cheers Callum

 

Drying cases after U/S cleaning was always a real pain in the rear.

 

Acetone works a treat. What I do is to wait for a nice sunny day, when I can feel the garden wall warming up. I'll U/S a load of cases, give the cases a quick flush in tap water (although if you wanted to flush correctly you should use distilled water, which can be obtained from car shops, I don't bother). Pour a bottle of acetone in to a jug and drop the cases in, give them a swirl, take them out and stand the cases up on the wall. Ten minuets later all the cases are dry, clean and ready to be reloaded. That said, I usually give them the once over with a hair drier just to be sure all the acetone has evaporated, don't forget acetone is VERY flammable!!

 

John

 

Just got round to trying this John and gotta admit it works a treat. Brass retained its shine which makes it that bit easier to inspect for wear and tear!

 

cheers Callum

[shootlodge 146]

i use Aldi multi-purpose floor cleaner, 1 cap in the warm water ,9 mins in the u/s & ding dong done ! dry off on a towel some place warm. The shine doesn't effect the accuracy

[mangy1983 51]

i use Aldi multi-purpose floor cleaner, 1 cap in the warm water ,9 mins in the u/s & ding dong done ! dry off on a towel some place warm. The shine doesn't effect the accuracy

 

Aye maybe not bud but it sure helps with case inspection imo

 

cheers Callum