[Shop-talk] ULTRASONIC CLEANING

[Ian McFetridge]

We use distilled water in my wife’s jewelry cleaner.  I believe that’s what
the instructions said.  Works great.

On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM Matt <mbarre at juno.com> wrote:

> 2 excellent responses right off the bat!
> Thanks guys!
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: MIQ MILLMAN <miq at bigllama.com>
> To: Matt <mbarre at juno.com>
> Cc: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] ULTRASONIC CLEANING
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:53:31 -0700
>
> I run just distilled water in the tank.
> I put the dirty bits in zip top bags filed with what ever solution I think
> works best.  Sometimes I'll use windex, or a home mix of water+rubbing
> alcohol+dawn dish soap+baking soda.
> Seal up the bag with the parts plus concentrated solution, run the cleaner
> for 30 min or so, and the tank and water stays clean.
> If the grungy bits aren't too bad, I can reuse the zip top + solution
> again, and I keep the bag of fluid in an old plastic costco nuts container
> with a wide screw top lid.
>   --Miq
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2025, 7:14 PM Matt <mbarre at juno.com> wrote:
> What does the group have to say about preferred fluids for ultrasonic
> cleaning?  I had always heard just water with a few drops of detergent. My
> wife came to me asking to clean her jewelry and she wanted to know if I had
> enough "pine sol" Who told you to use Pine Sol?!?  One of her friends!
>
> Figured I would Pulse the group on it.
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