Thread: Cleaning soloution recipe for ultra sonic cleaner.

Originally Posted by steven

@BRADS you dilute it or use it as is?

Yeah mate you dilute it. Think it's about a capful to a cleaner full, mine holds about 100 6.5 brass.
As Ebf said with these solutions rinsing in clean water is important.


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Yep, +1, rinsing real important ☺

Yeah. In the end i found it easier to go back to the tumbler. Turn it on, go away....

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Hmmm. Compared to all that fluffing about, warm water and about 12 sprays out of the shower power pack seems so much quicker and easier...

I just tried some of that shower power stuff as I bought a bottle to use for cleaning the bathroom and decided to try some in the Ultrasonic cleaner, I did one teaspoon full to 600ml of water and it is cleaning up some really grotty looking brass really quick. It even says on the bottle with a jewellers recommendation a 5:1 mix of this stuff in an ultrasonic cleaner will clean up gold jewellery like new and at $10 for a 500ml bottle is a bloody good price and is not turning my brass pink like the citric acid from the supermarket did

Originally Posted by Rich007

Yeah. In the end i found it easier to go back to the tumbler. Turn it on, go away....

Come over to the dark side and go stainless steel pins wet tumbling

Question,

With acid based cleaners, does this have an effect on the composition of the brass?
I have read that "brasso" has an acid base that causes the brass to harden and crack.
Is this just a brasso thing?

What about bicarbonate? Did anyone try it before?

Originally Posted by steven

@BRADS you dilute it or use it as is?

I use 40mls per 2 ltrs of water as per info on the bottle

Thanks for that mauser, always wondered what component in brasso was the bad one

Thank you for all of you guys who reply and answer my question and also other questions that was pertinent. I found something that is working for me, i am not very sure if it is a good recipe to everyone but dishwashing detergent, lemon juice and a bit of salt in the warm water is doing a great job for me.
Hope it help as an option.

Cheers.