Best Sonic Cleaner

[wheelgun7360]

Looking for advice on the most efficient sonic cleaner for the money! Thanks

 

[Big Mc]

Looking for advice on the most efficient sonic cleaner for the money! Thanks

I use a RCBS have not had a reason to switch. Tommy Mc

 

[LVLAaron]

I've been wondering this myself. I have the hornady cleaner and it doesn't clean much. It's great for cleaning dies and small parts around the shop but it's not getting anything serious off. I'm researching an industrial/lab cleaner with 4-6 beefcake transducers instead of one little one.

 

[Siko12]

I have an Ultra Sonic cleaner that I bought off Amazon.com that is a made in China model that works ok for brass but I only use mine for cleaning my dies and gun parts since I bought a Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler. (SS pin tumbler)

If your primary use will be brass cleaning, skip the sonic and go SS pin tumbling.

It is 1000% better.

 

[Terry]

Using Simple Green 1/3 With 2/3 water works well.

 

[MatthewsCarbineCo]

I have had 2 RCBS ones and condensation has smoked them both... Stainless bowl right over top of circuit board drips on it until it shorts it.

 

[Zero333]

They all work pretty much the same.

The Solution might have more to do with it's success.

I say get the biggest one so you can clean bigger items like carburetor's, action's, suppressors etc.

 

[piie]

strike previous comments - I thought you meant sonic cleaner as in the solution, not the unit itself. I have a Lyman that's been going strong for more than 10 years...

 

[big john 5394]

kendel from amazon around $270 its a commercial unit and hornady or rcbs cleaning solution it works the best,the ss pins beats up the brass.
big john

 

[rardoin]

They all work pretty much the same.

The Solution might have more to do with it's success.

I say get the biggest one so you can clean bigger items like carburetor's, action's, suppressors etc.

Actually it is a smaller part of it. The power and quantity of ultrasonic transducers attached to the tank are the critical components. Really good units are much more expensive than the common units sold under the RCBS/Hornady/Lyman rebrand. I just replaced a unit used to clean surgical instruments after 20 years of daily use and it cost over $2000. It has a 2.5gal tank and six transducers. I have found that if I can keep my hand submerged in the bath while running and it does not get too uncomfortable to keep it there for more than a few seconds with a heavy tingling...almost shocking..feeling it ain't doing much cleaning. I've tested dirty cases in it using diluted 409 cleaner (which is what we use for instruments) and it will do a fantastic job in under 5 minutes. I've had cheaper/less powerful units ($300-500) that my wife bought for jewelry cleaning and it takes 30 minutes to clean half as well. I would consider buying a HD unit for rifle case cleaning but my dirty brass shoots as well as stuff I've cleaned...just won't win a beauty contest.

 

[Lefty Trigger]

I have used a RCBS unit for almost a year without issues. Just recently sold it on here because I went to a bigger unit, hope it works as good...

 

[Lefty Trigger]

kendel from amazon around $270 its a commercial unit and hornady or rcbs cleaning solution it works the best,the ss pins beats up the brass.
big john

This is exactly why I gave up wet tumbling with pins, beat up brass at the case mouth and them nasty little pins stuck crossways in the neck holding a case full of pins,... errrrrr!