[darkvibe]

Finally picked an ultrasonic cleaner after saying I was going to for months. I cleaned my BCG to see how it worked. Just using water with a little dish soap for now. The carrier had about 120 rounds since last cleaning and when I clean I'm really anal so it was spotless when I started.

This cleaner is awesome and saves me a ton of time.

on to the pics.

out of the gun

hosed it with powder blast then took it apart

Bolt face

after 480 second cycle. Still some carbon on the bolt behind the gas rings.

After a second 480s cycle

Cleaned bolt face

closer pic of the bolt. I scraped the rest of the carbon off in about 10 seconds.

You can see where chunks of carbon came off inside the bolt carrier too. No pics of that.

 

[ThumperMX113]

How much did that cost?

 

[HokieMS2.0]

Also curious about the price. You should try some mineral spirits in the cleaner. It's reletively cheap, and I bet you wouldn't need any powder blast first.

 

[darkvibe]

It was $70 from harbor freight. It's big enough to fit a full size 1911 if you take the slide off and do that separately.

this is it
Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

soap and water was just to try it out. I'm going to get some of the gun specific additive from brownells.

something like this.
CC-235 ULTRASONIC CLEANER at Brownells

 

[ThumperMX113]

Are there any downsides to something like this?

 

[darkvibe]

Other than paying $70 for something you can do by hand for 10 cents worth of solvent? None that I know of.

I guess you have to weigh your time vs. money you want to spend to save it. I normally spend as long cleaning my BCG as my upper and lower combined so this will save me a lot of time. I clean my varmint gun every time I shoot it.

I put my watch in it before I tried anything else. That came out shiny.

 

[TMP]

I need one of those!

 

[ThumperMX113]

Well, if you saw all of the automotive detailing tools and supplies I had you'd wonder why I don't have one of these already ...

 

[TacoMalo]

I should learn not to click on these threads it only serves to vacate my pockets of money... :lol:

 

[Tiburon65]

Well, if you saw all of the automotive detailing tools and supplies I had you'd wonder why I don't have one of these already ...

I've got just the UC for you... its about 9 gallons.... getting rid of mine from a previous business. its great for cleaning everything that you can stick in the tank.

 

[ThumperMX113]

I've got just the UC for you... its about 9 gallons.... getting rid of mine from a previous business. its great for cleaning everything that you can stick in the tank.

Why don't you send me a PM?

 

[Krackels]

Nice. I saw that in the Harbor Freight catalog and didn't know how big it was.

Could you take a picture of it with a ruler over top of it or something, so I can get a better idea?

 

[Myk9noseknows]

Nice. I saw that in the Harbor Freight catalog and didn't know how big it was.

Could you take a picture of it with a ruler over top of it or something, so I can get a better idea?

Yeah, I'd like to see another pic or two. Cool toy, would save a lot of time as I'm anal about getting a spotless firearm

 

[Tard]

There is nothing like ultrasonic cleaning to get a gun 100% clean.

 

[darkvibe]

Nice. I saw that in the Harbor Freight catalog and didn't know how big it was.

Could you take a picture of it with a ruler over top of it or something, so I can get a better idea?

Yeah, I have to run out but can take pics when I get home.

I can tell you I held my full size 1911 over it and it will not drop in whole, the sights keep it from fitting. If you take the slide off it fits no problem.

I'll post pics with a ruler later.

 

[darkvibe]

 

[Krackels]

Wow, that's bigger than I thought.

Guess what just got added to my wishlist.

 

[Myk9noseknows]

Damn, just ordered a holster five minutes ago....guess I'll get the credit card back out :mrgreen:

Wouldn't dumping in a big bottle of Hoppes #9 work really well in this? I dont know how comfortable I'd be with cleaning parts / barrels in water

Edit: order placed

 

[darkvibe]

i would use a cleaner made for these ultrasonic cleaners. you have to be careful about the viscosity of the liquid. too viscous and it wont cavitate so it wont work well.

 

[TacoMalo]

Damn, just ordered a holster five minutes ago....guess I'll get the credit card back out :mrgreen:

Wouldn't dumping in a big bottle of Hoppes #9 work really well in this? I dont know how comfortable I'd be with cleaning parts / barrels in water

Edit: order placed

As long as they don't spend the night in the tank and get oiled afterward you should be ok....