Ultrasonic cleaners??

[Welsh72]

Looking into a ultrasonic cleaner...what do I need to know before I buy one? Good or Bad? and Why?

 

[BluesBrother]

Clean Anything with Ultrasonic

If you buy one of these with a Lyman, Hornady, RCBS or Franklin Arsenal brand on it, you'll pay double or more. It'll probably be made in the same manufacturing plant, just going out a different door. If you have been thinking about ultrasonic as a way to clean your reloadable brass this would...

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[Jevaughn]

Like BluesBrother said, check out that thread. If you're doing a LOT of brass, you might want a bigger one, otherwise, you're just as well off with the cheap Harbor Freight one as you are getting the Lyman, RCBS, Hornady, etc. They're all the same damned thing with different colors and branding. Don't overload it, with pistol brass, you can do 75-100 at a time, with rifles a bit less. Don't bother with specialty cleaners, you'll just spend more for the same results as you can get with a squirt of dawn and a pinch of citric acid (lemi-shine)
I love my sonic cleaner. It's quick and easy, just gotta make sure you rinse the cases after cleaning really well and then dry them (get a cheap food dehydrator from a yard sale or from amazon or blow dry with an air compressor). It gets primer pockets clean, and you're not having to pick media out of a flash hole. You can get pretty nice results, but if you want really shiny brass that's pretty to look at, then this isn't the way. It's great for CLEAN brass, but shiny brass needs a bit more.