At home ultra sonic cleaners … any experience?

I would like to know as well. Great question.

I got this one but haven't had a chance to use it. You can use Dawn degreaser dish soap if you don't want to get the specialized solutions. You'll also need to get a few small parts baskets, most sonic cleaners only have one large basket. You also want to clean off as much as you can before you put the parts in there.

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Following this thread.

Thanks! Let us know if you use it soon! Yes to the little baskets and pre-cleaning.

I wonder if paying more to get one that heats is also worth it. Maybe the heater is only useful if you use the solution (reactive to heat)?

I received an even less costly one ($40) last Christmas and it works great.

Bracelets are so clean afterwards.

I bought an ultrasonic cleaner from Harbor Freight several years ago. I bought it for other hobbies I have besides watches but I have used it to clean my wife's jewelry and my watch bracelets. I just use Dawn dish soap in mine. It does a very good job.

Great! Thanks! Does anyone have experience using them for disassembled movements? Is anyone using a specific solution?

I have an older Branson ultrasonic cleaner that belonged to my granddad. It works well enough given its age and use

Will do! I've used sonic tanks for firearms, the heat doesn't seem to make a difference.

I’ve purchased one in the past and it’s pretty good. It’s just a cheap ultrasonic cleaner, maybe around $60. It’ll clean bracelets and my wife’s jewelry pretty well. I’ve never used it on watch movements though.

I picked up a Magnasonic MGUC500 from Amazon in 2020 for under $60CAD and it works wonders on bracelets. I just use a drop of dish soap and the results are amazing.

Used them in tattooing and in a different job for cleaning motorcycle carburettors.

You want the the unheated one for watches.

They clean by cavitation, a process that used to destroy old propellers on ships many years ago. Look it up, it's pretty interesting.

I found that cleaning solutions didn't really make much difference, but water quality did. I live in a hard water area (kettle get furred quickly) & filtered water was better than tap (bear in mind in both cases it wasn't my equipment and just used as part of my separate jobs, years apart)

Couldn't tell you the names of the ultrasonic cleaners used, just that one was small (around 2litres capacity) & the other was large enough to fit a bank of 4 carb bobbies in comffortably .

I recently bought a new ultrasonic cleaner & afetr watching a number of knowledgeable people on Youtube I realised that I'd probably spent a lot more on the machine than I needed to.

There's a lot more science involved in these machines & how they clean than I had realised. More money spent doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a better outcome. I bought my first for about $50 & it's safe to say the results aren't brilliant but I now know I didn't need to spend $500 on a machine, it doesn't necessarily give you X10 of a result.

If I were you, take the time to watch a few Youtube uploads to better understand the science behind how it works. Once you have that knowledge you'll be better placed to make the right purchase for your budget. I definitely think I could have spent at least half of what I did & the results wouldn't be hugely different.

Got one of the vevor ones. I use it for multiple hobbies. Heat works well for greasy parts, but I use it more for watches and jewelry, unheated.

Don’t invest loadsa cash, cheaper ones work just as well, and after buff up with a silver cloth 👍🏻

I use Blitz and ISonic cleaning solution. It is a concentrate so you only use a small amount with every cleaning. The machine is a simple Ukoke machine from Amazon.com for about $30 bucks. But now that I am servicing my watches I am looking to upgrade to a cleaner with built in heater and degassing feature