I like the Sonic Cleaner

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:42 pm

After taking my brass and C&B cones from the Sonic Cleaner;

Next to dry and decap... then tumble for that showroom shine!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:21 pm

That's cool...

How many does it hold...?
What 'solvent' do you use...?
How much did it cost...?
How long does it take to clean...?

....just curious....

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:54 pm

AJMD429 wrote:That's cool...

How many does it hold...? A hundred or so.
What 'solvent' do you use...? Hornday "One Shot", the cleaner, not the case lube
How much did it cost...? ~$75.00 @ Harbor Freight
How long does it take to clean...? About 20 minutes. I dump them in water & Dawn Dish detergent immediately after shooting, then (like today, after soaking about 4-5 days, run them thru the Sonic Cleaner for 480 second on heat, then twice more without the heat... dump that water, then with clean, clear water run them for another 480 seconds.
....just curious....

I also recommend keeping anything metal you're cleaning from touching the bowl, maybe add some "legs" to the basket.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:41 am

The sonic cleaners work great for small batches.
I recently purchased a Thumblers Tumbler mod. B wet tumbler and the stainless steel pins to use in it.
I bought 1,000 once fired .223/5.56 brass from Dillon and ran them 500 at a time. they came out seriously better than new.
I dry tumbled them to remove the major crud before full length resizing and then swaged the primer pockets before wet tumbling for 3 1/2 hr. They come out looking better than new. Shining inside and out,just like they have never been fired. Those tiny pins get inside and just do an amazing job.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:45 am

Did you use the sonic cleaner on these?

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=66996

Bulldog · Post by **Bulldog** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:09 pm

I like my sonic cleaner for occasionally really scrubbing the brass, but I don't use it every time with smokeless powder cases. For black powder cases I use it every time, and it's great. I've tried all kinds of home made solutions, but nothing has worked better than the Hornady Ultrasonic cleaning solution.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:21 pm

BlaineG wrote:Did you use the sonic cleaner on these?

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=66996

No, those were handed to me after a Wild Bunch match, theoretically previously loaded with smokeless, & I cleaned them in just the vibratory media... Truly, I don't even know if they were mine!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:32 pm

I run mine through my wet rotary tumbler with ceramic media and water. Add a tablespoon of Dawn, and they come out like new.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:30 pm

Griff wrote:After taking my brass and C&B cones from the Sonic Cleaner;

Next to dry and decap... then tumble for that showroom shine!

What kind of C&B cones are those?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:11 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:What kind of C&B cones are those?

SliXShot

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:58 pm

Griff wrote:
Ysabel Kid wrote:What kind of C&B cones are those?
SliXShot

Thought so!

I have also used Treso ones. Not to hi-jack your post, but what do you think of them compared to SliXShot?

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:16 pm

Ysabel Kid wrote:
Griff wrote:
Ysabel Kid wrote:What kind of C&B cones are those?
SliXShot
Thought so!
I have also used Treso ones. Not to hi-jack your post, but what do you think of them compared to SliXShot?

I went to Treso's right out of the box... and then to the SliXShots... NOT going back. The Tresos were much better than the stock nipples, but, were somewhat inconsistent in releasing the cap. These, with the hole in the side, blows out two sides, of the cap very consistently, making them quite wide, and while I have "cap guards" on the hammer channel, they come off pretty regularly. Out of five shots, I generally only have to pick off two caps. And those are already blown out, just depends on where the blown out sides are in relation to the well in the back of the cylinder.

Cap guards:

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:34 pm

I get good use from my sonic.

A bath in the sonic and then dry and tumble in some corn-cob media and my brass looks almost new.

perry owens · Post by **perry owens** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:32 am

My ultrasonic bath is big enough to take my 5 1/2 in barreled stainless Old Armys. I set the heat to 30C, add a spoonfull of Micro, remove the grips and dump them in. In the time it takes to neck a couple of cans of London Pride they look like they just left the factory.

Perry owens

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:28 pm

Another camper happy with his Thumler's Tumbler and stainless pins from Buffalo Arms.
-- And with Slixshot percussion nipples.

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