methlab
Active Member
I'm considering an ultrasonic cleaner for my brass and gun parts. Anyone have one? Do you like the job it does?
In case anyone wants to know ar bolt carriers fit in the little hornady unit. Barely and diagonal but they fit. No more scrapping carbon for me.
As far as chemical expense the hornady stuff isn't cheap but its mixed 40:1 1/2 oz per 20oz of water. It does get rather dirty while cleaning brass but I do a few cycles even with it dirty and it cleans the same. The cleaner should last a while.
I asked in another thread, but never really got an answer.
If your putting you gun parts in a water solution how are you drying them out so they dont rust? I'm guessing blowing them out with compressed air?
I'm using a cheap one I bought at Harbor Freight Tools. I didn't want to spend much money, since I'd never owned one before and figure this would be a good way to see if I would like it. It's heated, has one transducer and does a pretty good job on relatively small batches of brass (100 rounds or so). I did make the mistake of putting a pistol barrel in one time and it screwed up the black finish. Oh well, at least it was an inexpensive pistol.
If you have an all metal ultrasonic cleaner, odorless kerosene is an excellent cleaner. For those with the plastic models, ZEP makes a concentrated citrus solution that I use to clean brass and parts. Make sure you dilute it with water.
As for drying,Black Powder folks have traditionally used soap and water to clean their firearms. For the pistols, most of us take off the grips, wash them and dry in the oven set at 200 degrees. You can do the same thing to your BCG even if your bolt has the Nitrile insert for the extractor. Make sure you spray with some CLP afterwards.
Regards,
John