Help with ultrasonic cleaner and which guns/parts are safe to use it on

Be VERY careful with any nickel plated guns. Copper removal solvent will find its way into a crack in the finish and destroy it (since a thin layer of copper is used to get the nickel to stick to the steel).

I'm assuming that the fluid used in ultrasonic cleaners will attack copper.

Step 1, buy the harbor freight sonic cleaner. It's the Hornady cleaner painted grey, and less money....

Thanks for the info. The Lucas Oil looks interesting...it eliminates having to run a second time in a separate bath to eliminate moisture. I might get to take those ridiculously expensive fluids back to Cabela's [rockon]

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Originally Posted by ThunderSquirrel

Step 1, buy the harbor freight sonic cleaner. It's the Hornady cleaner painted grey, and less money....

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I saw those posts, and contemplated it, but I'm really bad at prompt returns and Cabela's has a longer return policy if the whole ultrasonic thing doesn't turn out to be everything I was hoping it would be.

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Originally Posted by VDW

Thanks for the info. The Lucas Oil looks interesting...it eliminates having to run a second time in a separate bath to eliminate moisture. I might get to take those ridiculously expensive fluids back to Cabela's [rockon]

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You should have an air supply on hand and what i dois spray item with rubbing alcohol, to disperse any unseen moisture. I also do a final (by hand) wipe down. An ultrasonic while helpful, is not a solution to doing a good jib cleaning your gun. After shooting suppressed, i still find it necessary to do a once over before reassembling. Then again i'm kind of OCD when it comes to cleaning guns. When i actually clean them.

Jim, stop by with a suppressor sometime and we will plunk it in the US with the Lucas and by the time we are done telling tall tales, it will be clean and ready to roll with just a shake. :)

BTW VDW, I am still on my original bottle and have lost less than 3 ounces over the course of running it for about 60 hours over 6 months.

Mark, is there a local source for the Lucas? Cabela's, Bass Pro, and Sportsman's don't have it listed in their online search.

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Originally Posted by VDW

Mark, is there a local source for the Lucas?

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Working on it. I have been trying to get it into Machine Gun Tours. I probably need to take some samples by a few other retailers.

Damn...I found it on Brownell's for $50 + ship for $64 oz. That seems to be the only one I can find. There seems to be only one seller on both Ebay and Amazon, which both charge more /oz. Do you have a cheaper/better source?

Send me a PM and I will get you taken care of. :)