Ultrasonic cleaners? What can I clean

[Xr650jkallen]

I currently have a Honda Foreman carb in mine. I need a bigger one, but I just flip the carb every 15 minutes. I normally use LA Awesome, but Lowes has been sold out, so I am using a mixture of Dawn and Simple Green.

 

[redlinefever]

Dollar general in are area has it cheap. Been using it for yrs

 

[Wood Duck]

I also use my USC for cleaning chains before taking them to my Oregon 520 to sharpen. I use old "2-stroke solvent" that's been in the can too long to risk putting in the saws. Put the chains in a mason jar with the "solvent" and drop it in whatever regular cleaning solution happens to be in the USC at the time. I've never had a problem, but I carry the thing far out into the driveway and plug it in with a long extension cord, in case anything ever decided to go "pyrotechnic" on me. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRACTICE TO ANYONE! FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME WITH YOUR USC! I AM AN FULL-BLOWN IDIOT, AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THE MANUFACTURER'S MANUAL THEY RECEIVED WITH THEIR ULTRASONIC CLEANER! In 10 minutes or so they look like new; this strips the tree sap and bar oil crud off the chains that will clog and glaze a grinding wheel in a heartbeat. I then hang them on a nail and blow them off with compressed air before grinding them. After sharpening, I mist them with whatever penetrating oil I've got handy for rust prevention, and drop then in a zipper bag for storage until they go back onto my saw, or back to the owner.

I know most people exclusively hand file their chains, and certainly I respect that. It's easily the fastest way to touch up a lightly dulled chain, but it's a lot of work on a heavily damaged chain that needs some serious material removed to be anything close to right again. I'll often give a tooth a quick lick with a hand file to knock the burr off after grinding anyway, and make sure that point catches my fingertip like a cat's claw while it's still locked in the tooth vice of the grinder.

I would love to try square-filed chain someday, but I probably never will. I've got steel pins, plates, and screws in both wrists, and all the vertebrae between my shoulder blades previously broken and repaired, so I'm not very interested in hand filing ANYTHING. I'll make do with what I can do, just don't flame me too much about grinding chains before you've walked a mile in my shoes is all I ask............

 

[farminkarman]

Can anyone recommend a USC for me? I would like to add one to the Arsenal, but there are so many to pick from.

 

[Mastermind]

Can anyone recommend a USC for me? I would like to add one to the Arsenal, but there are so many to pick from.

Check out 10 liter or bigger on ebay. The one with two knobs instead of digital crap.

 

[farminkarman]

Check out 10 liter or bigger on ebay. The one with two knobs instead of digital crap.

Thanks Randy!

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Uncanny timing, my cleaner arrived a couple days ago

 

[Partner]

how much is it ?

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

how much is it ?

350 Australian dollars

 

[Philbert]

Uncanny timing, my cleaner arrived a couple days ago

350 Australian dollars

Makes it sound like you are ‘laundering’ money!

Philbert

 

[av8or3]

I have a large one I use with mineral spirits for carbs and such. And a little one (soap & water) I use for screws and smalls.

 

[av8or3]

Check out 10 liter or bigger on ebay. The one with two knobs instead of digital crap.

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Like he said. You want one with a mechanical timer. It won’t fail if it gets liquid on it. The digital ones I’ve heard are unreliable. One knob fir heat and the other as a timer.

 

[nbbt]

Read through the entire thread again, this morning.
Would it be worth getting a smaller one (thinking 2 liter) for dedicated carb cleaning? Thinking to keep fresh solution being used for carbs.

 

[Mastermind]

Read through the entire thread again, this morning.
Would it be worth getting a smaller one (thinking 2 liter) for dedicated carb cleaning? Thinking to keep fresh solution being used for carbs.

Yes. Great idea. I actually use a larger model for carbs, but I put the carb and parts in a jar and set it in the tank rather than just putting the carb into dirty solution.

 

[nbbt]

Thanks for the quick response. @Mastermind

 

[mrxlh]

Other than Randy’s suggestion of analog dials instead of digital board/displays, what’s everyone still using for cleaner solutions?

 

[Mastermind]

I still use Mean Green.

 

[huskihl]

Mean green and Totally Awesome (not TA Orange) seem to work identically for me

 

[EFSM]

We have used Simple Green for years at low dosage. But there's still varnish that won't get. Sometimes out comes the CRC Carb cleaner.

 

[mrxlh]

Ordered this one…7.9 gallons