Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
I generally use my ultrasonic by having jars of cleaners / solvents, putting my work in the jar, putting the jar in the ultrasonic and filling to the proper water level.
While, for certain acidic solvents, that helps to avoid damage to the stainless steel tank, but I'll have to admit that my primary reason is to not have to clean up the ultrasonic.
My new ultrasonic is big - 12" square and 6" deep. The old one would hold one mason jar.
I have some large parts to do (a vise) and I don't want to have them in an open tank (new shop does not yet have adequate ventilation), so I'd like to use a container.
I don't have any glass containers big enough.
I have some plastic containers (same kind of plastic as laundry detergent bottles), but I'm thinking that will dampen out the vibration.
What else would work?
Not sure I can find glass jars large enough.
Steve
While, for certain acidic solvents, that helps to avoid damage to the stainless steel tank, but I'll have to admit that my primary reason is to not have to clean up the ultrasonic.
My new ultrasonic is big - 12" square and 6" deep. The old one would hold one mason jar.
I have some large parts to do (a vise) and I don't want to have them in an open tank (new shop does not yet have adequate ventilation), so I'd like to use a container.
I don't have any glass containers big enough.
I have some plastic containers (same kind of plastic as laundry detergent bottles), but I'm thinking that will dampen out the vibration.
What else would work?
Not sure I can find glass jars large enough.
Steve
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
use a stainless steel pot! I've done it and it works well.
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Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
my wife finally caught on and gave me one of the pots I had been using to 'keep in the shop'...even though it was CLEANER than any that she had been using for cooking....
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
Not to worry my friend, I carry the same secrets LOL!
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Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
then there was the motorcycle transmission that I needed to heat to 400F.....
fortunately it was a BMW and separable from the crankcase....
fortunately it was a BMW and separable from the crankcase....
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
Plastic works in microwave ovens. It should also work in an ultrasonic cleaner.
Mr.Ron from South Mississippi
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
If the ultrasonic vibrations are absorbed by the container, it will dampen the cleaning ability.
A rigid plastic could do the job.
My old ultrasonic had hard plastic extension tanks that would let you clean larger objects.
Something like laundry bottle plastic will probably act like a sound deadening material.
Steve
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
I bought a set of 8 Pyrex lab beakers for $20. There some pretty big sizes listed.
Last year I bought a 22 liter ultrasonic cleaner. Bigger is better, right? Not really. So I took it to my remote shop, where it sits unused.
Then I bought a 4 liter unit. It's too small.
So now I'm thinking to brink back the big one and buy more beakers.
BTW, Vivo has great prices on ultrasonic tanks of all sizes, as well as other shop tools.
Last year I bought a 22 liter ultrasonic cleaner. Bigger is better, right? Not really. So I took it to my remote shop, where it sits unused.
Then I bought a 4 liter unit. It's too small.
So now I'm thinking to brink back the big one and buy more beakers.
BTW, Vivo has great prices on ultrasonic tanks of all sizes, as well as other shop tools.
Re: Ultrasonic cleaners - what can I use for a container
Just found some 1/2 gallon wide mouth Ball mason jars at Farm and Fleet.
Not big enough for some of the stuff I need to do, but a lot bigger than the spaghetti sauce jars.
Steve
Not big enough for some of the stuff I need to do, but a lot bigger than the spaghetti sauce jars.
Steve