UPDATE: Ultimate Tips For Using An Ultrasonic Cleaner
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How does an ultra sonic cleaner work? It converts energy into high frequency sound waves which are sent through a tank of liquid creating a cleaning action called cavitation. The sound waves create tiny bubbles that rapidly increase in size and burst giving off masses of energy against the surface of the components being cleaned. This is ultrasonic energy.
What type of solutions to use? There are many solutions to use including water, dawn dish soap, professional cleaners, but stay tuned for my personal favourite.
Reminder to make sure you’re using the cleaner in a well vented area if you’re using a corrosive substance.
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How many Liter is the ultra :) Thansk from Denmark
I clicked the link for the cleaner, it’s a dud. Where can I find a workable link?
My thoughts on gas being a no no was the cavitations cleaning your item may become the source of ignition?
I loved the gasoline trick from the other video you did, but I have an old piece of silver chainmail and I wonder if it will be a good cleaner for this. Also I don't have an ultrasonic cleaner. I have used the bicarbonate of soda, aluminium foil and boiled water bath, I have also used toothpaste which helped, but I am wanting the brightest silver imaginable. Could you please find out if it's safe to do a cleaning experiment using petrol and silver? Thank you!!
Hi Steve! What would you suggest as a more affordable cleaner for jewellery? I don't want to pay thousands, just the best domestic one will do. It's just for my rings that have intricate designs with lots of nooks and crannies that even Interdental brushes can't get to - but I also don't want to damage the diamond settings or stones etc. Never used one before, so not sure if I need to buy a special solution for them too?
Thank you for your advice!
Wife's dentures came out super clean but she's pissed about the taste of gasoline. LOL
Use diesel next time.
ROFL.
Try nitro methane, give her a boost🤣
and she chewed me out for it with ethanol on her breath.
Hahah
When you want to put any chemical in a plastic container juste look on the bottom and check for the recycling symbol to will see a series of lettre like ( ldpe , hdpe, pp, etc ) that is the type of plastic that you have so just check online if it is compatible with your chemical.
The traffic is your fault, you earned it, just keep it up.
Thank You...
I’m gonna skip gasoline AND my ultrasonic cleaner and clean all my parts with lightning from now on.
just make sure to wear your welding helmet. safety first!
Corona surface treatment is exactly that, does work well for both metals and some plastics.
Hers your sign....................lol
"YO ZEUS! NEED A FAVOR!"
Ultrasonic energy creates implosions of air bubbles and generates heat due to the process. Having Gasoline is not safe and is not recommended.
I work with some major manufacturers of ultrasonic baths and would not introduce Gasoline in the bath.
Steve, tell the lightning guy if he sees "lightning" in HIS ultrasonic cleaner, it's time to get a new one!
Yep. Or run like a striped ape !
Steve, flammable solvents are OK as long as the main bath is water. However I'd make sure the container of solvent has plenty of air space and/or is vented. As heat increases from the ultrasonic energy, the vapor pressure will increase and a tight container with no air space/vent could rupture. My other tip is that the most effective cleaning occurs about 1" from the bottom of the tank. Try and keep your parts in the center of the tank for the most effective cleaning. (vs. floating them on the surface.) You can add weight/ballast to the jars and rest them in the tank's basket. Great video by the way!!
Most enjoyable small gas engine channel I have found.
Thank You...
I've always used diesel for cleaning oily parts
I've been subscribed a long time but I'm just here in the comments to witness any of these comment geniuses you spoke of and what they have to say
For all my small engine, nuts and bolts, and other items (including gun parts), I use detergent 30W motor oil... Not only cleans real well, it helps to keep parts from rusting after being cleaned. If you need it oil free afterwards, whip it down with a degreaser.. You will not need as much either..
OSHA would never approve lightning !
Thank you for your video. So informative. How has the ultrasonic machine held up? Now 4 years later, would you purchase this same brand and model again or is there a different one you'd recommend now? I'm looking to clean my titanium silencer
That is absolutely true. Gasoline cleans oil tar and grease better than anything. If you ever get tar on your hands and you can't get it off, wash your hands with gasoline assuming you're like me and you're an idiot and didn't wear gloves. Gasoline planes everything
Ultrasonic cleaners can break glass. I know from experience.
I have been using an Ultra Sonic Cleaner for 5 1/2 years and never knew I could put parts into a different vessel and have them come out clean, thx so much for sharing and keep up the great work, TJ
You're Welcome...and Thank You...
Great video THANX.
Re petrol in plastic!
Not all plastics are the same, so make sure the plastic container
being used is Okay with any type of fuel you use in the cleaning please.
The pure solvent, the one used in painting jobs, is the best natural degreaser that exists, although it attacks rubber gaskets more than gasoline, but it is equal to or better than gasoline in removing grease and a little safer and at the same time. less, cheaper in my country!
Thanks for the video. I have access to the heads from the distillation process for making alcohol. 95% methanol...it usually gets discarded or used as a disinfectant/cleaner. Any idea if it'd work safely in a jar?
I just want to comment on the gasoline thing.
First of all, one of the reasons that gasoline, or combustibles are frowned upon as an added solution to the tank (not the jar) is because the fumes can migrate over and around the bath tub and find it’s way to the heating element and or circuit boards, then KABOOM 🤯. For clarification, this can also happen without using the heater.
In this case the petrol vapors or any other combustible solution vapors are being contained inside of the jar, so as far as I can tell, the SEALED jar is what makes the difference.
You can use the same solution a lot of times. This what almost all retailers never told:
1. Degas the water. Which means, fill the tank and turn on the ultrasonic. For 30 liters it takes 1 hours +- to degas the water. Check the bubbles how they dance.
1.1 turn off.
2. Put the cleaning agent. To degrease and eliminate carbon, the 80% of the brands have two agents. Some times in relations 5% the first, and the second 0,5%
3. Turn on the ultrasonic and see that there is no bubbles.
4. You are on the correct path. To clean aluminum and cast iron, the correct temperature is among 65°C and 75°C / 80°C
Tips. The only thing you need to do is refill the evaporated water to keep the level and the same with agents. You can remove excess of grease with a spoon. But indeed, you can use the same solution even if it has a quite deep black and dirty appearance. A friend have a 150 liters tank and he does this and the solution la solución dura un año until the agents lose the cleaning properties and the water is really dirty.
If you want to use another kind of solution, use INOX little boxes, you can build them or pay for them with a welding INOX shop, they are not so expensive. Why? The frequency is designed for working with this type of material. Greetings!
Would this be good for cleaning chain saw chain's? or would it be to messy?
Gas as you know works great in an ultrasonic cleaner. People just like to complain when their comfort zone gets violated or questioned
Doesn't ziploc get melted in high temp ?
I have the same cleaner, love it and love your tips. My only concern with using a glass jar is as it heats up it pressurizes and I'm not clear how far that can go. But I figure it's probably a good idea to prewarm the glass jar and solution in hand (maybe under a hot water faucet) with the lid on loosely. Once it's as warm as the water, then tighten the lid and hit the beach.
But I wanted to make a comment about using gasoline to clean/degrease: I agree totally. Best stuff there is for this. But it will leave a residue on the part. This coming from someone who's waxed bicycle chains as a lubricant for decades and swears by it.
With one very important caveat: the first time a chain is waxed it must absolutely clean, stripped, bare-metal and gasoline alone won't do it because of that residue left behind. It has to be stripped of everything, and the only thing I know that'll do that is an isopropyl alcohol, or acetone bath after the gasoline treatment. Then the paraffin will adhere and provide a good base and last.
I almost gave up on my old MTD Yard Machines 139cc mower that was running very rough. But I used an ultrasonic cleaner filled with water and with gasoline in a plastic container for 5 minutes on each side of the carburetor. There was a small amount of particles at the bottom of the container that had come from the previously cleaned carburetor! And now the mower is easy to start and runs smoothly and strong! Thanks for the awesome video.
Nice work!
we used to clean our weapons with gasoline back then in my army time , its very effective
Right on
If you shoot it too soon after cleaning, it would bring a new meaning to "Fire Arms".
Great tips! thank you, to you and the subscribers.
Thankfully here in the UK we don't have access to that highly volatile Gasoline, so we just use low or high octane Petrol.... 👍😂🤣😂🤣
Contained gasoline is not dangerous... Now if you heated it in the tank I guess it could expand and leak into the water and float on the surface. This could ignite I suppose but I believe it would take a pretty deliberate action to ignite it. If you were sucessfull in igniting it it would simply create a low cold flame on the surface of the water as the fumes evaperated and burned off. Not seeing a tragedy happening still. Ok lets say it sat in hot water and leaked all night...no one turned off the machine...and there is only an on and off switch with no timer. You could theoretically create a fume problem that would gather at the floor and spread across the shop. Now you have explosive fumes. Not liquid but fumes...now you would still need an ignition sourse. A water heater with a pilot light? A gas boiler? A wood stove? All things you shouldn't have in a small engine shop anyway but in a home garage or workshop these things do happen. But it's rare. You almost have to do it on purpose...but ok it could happen to a moron...so it's not impossible.
Steve try NAPA non-clorinated Brake cleaner. I think you may be suprised. Just buy a can and spray it into your peanut butter plastic jar. You can find brake cleaner in 1/2 gal cans but just to experiment you only need a 12 oz can or so. You can reuse it even if it looks dirty many times. Keep the lid on though because it evaporates quickly.
I think you're absolutely correct about the fire hazard about using gasoline or other flamables (like alcohol as I intend to do) in a CLOSED container, with as little air as possible.
And to be on the safe side don't use the heating.
It's the vapors that catch fire, so not heating it means a lot less vapors (isolated in clossed container with as little oxygen as practical).
Btw make sure the jars you're using with the fuels (or nasty chemicals) don't unscrew their lids under ultrasonic vibrations.
I was cleaning some soiled jars yesterday (used it like a dish-washer basically :)), and I saw 3 of the jars open themselves in several seconds after starting it.
Zip-lock bags are also very useful, especially for cooking ... :) yes, you can use it as a sous vide for cooking, like tenderizing meat, or beating eggs into fine emulsion.
And the best thing of all - again about alcohol -
you can age alcohol in your ultrasonic cleaner! :)
Take some cheaper alcohol (or whiskey, rum or whatever you like) put in a container that won't unscrew itself, add some wooden chips or small sticks (stripped from the bark! - just the wood), ideally you can buy some that were actually used as a barrel for aging wine or other alcohol so they'll have richer aroma, and run it for about 15 mins.
You'll end up with an alcohol that's like been aged several years!
Cheers! :)
Great video Steve. I’m sure you remember the old pioneer 1074 chainsaws would heat the gas so hot it would boil in the tank. Especially when the nickel was worn off the cylinder walls by the exhaust. Lol I’ve seen lots boil gas But I’ve never seen one catch fire. I’ll be using gasoline to clean my parts too.
Tip #1 don't put jars of solvent next to your beer
As long as the lids are on it shouldn't be an issue, although I see where you are going with that one LOL. That beer mistake would lead to a terrible beer review on some beer review forum LOL...damn my xx beer tastes just like Shell Premium gasoline LOL.
Try 90% Rubbing alcohol instead of gasoline.
* More stable
* No toxic evaporation
* Les residue deposit from ageing
* Keep longer
* Doesn't smell as bad
* Safer in "hard" air tight container
Just a suggestion
alcohols are "polar solvents" (the -OH part), and don't do that well while trying to dissolve non-polar substances (like petroleum products). You prefer non-polar solvents for that.
Hey, why dont you use diesel, definitely safer than gasoline and wont ignite with a spark. Awesome videos, keep going.
Great suggestion!
Gasoline is an amazing cleaner using it right now to clean my valves. One thing I will say though is don't use the heater function of the ultrasonic or your sealed jar might explode. Ask me how I found out lol.
My only concern using different solvents, gasoline or not would be the effect it has on the part I am cleaning. I am buying an ultrasonic cleaner to clean my guns. Not sure I'd want to use gasoline. Other than that, I see no problem with it.
Anyone remember which of Steve's videos was the one where he said getting something in his eye was as bad as childbirth? It was HILARIOUS and I want to send it to my friends. Thsnk.
Awesome tips and advice. I will reiterate your points on gasoline. Gasoline boils at a much lower temp than water and creates fumes from evaporation when heated. Do not exceed 30 C or about 95 F for temperature. Trust me - I know!
I think perhaps that the “lightning” people are confusing ultrasounds with microwaves. Love your channel!
Thank You...
Paul Farmer I think you’re spot on Paul. A jar of gas with a metal lid in a microwave could ruin your whole day.
@@farmerbob4554 would make a good video...
They're confused that's for certain. Especially if they are also confusing microwaves with lightning.
Ultrasonic waves cause cavitation, that's how it cleans. The pockets implode and blow the dirt off what you are cleaning. These implosions can cause extreme heat albeit on a small scale but there are many at a time. The heat can reach upwards of 10,000K. Since the gas is in a sealed container it may not be a problem but fill the tank with it and problems might arise. I use white gas for cleaning parts in glass containers in my US but I would not for any reason put it in the tank.
Is your ultrasonic cleaner still working? How often and how long are you using it for? Considering buying one from Amazon but lots of negative reviews saying it doesn't last. I will be using it in my shop daily for greasy bicycle parts.
Hi Steve, Can you recommend a "non caustic" cleaner to use to clean resin off my paraphernalia? Thank you! Lilp
plastic container of gas vs chainsaw...so no vent on the plastic container lid but there is on the chainsaw...yes? so can't pressure build in the plastic container with no way to vent (like on a gas can) so I worry about the heat/pressure. The jar can float in water but can the gas tank on the chainsaw and no water get in or does it let some air in? (I saw your video on when caps go bad)...I just worry about stuff...so I ask.
Hi SteveO, I have noticed that the Vevor comes with with 3or more color labels on them on certain models, any ideas??? Colors like dark blue,light blue & black. So what with the different colors of the vector brand of ultrasonic cleaners.
Gas? Solvents! Gas has many solvents. Try xylene. Its the high end of solvents other than acetone which is twice the $$.
My mother used to clean brass, copper, or other small stuff with ketchup. It would take at least ten minutes to shine up a pile of pennies or a dozen corroded shell casings submerged in just enough ketchup to cover it, premixed with a literal splash of water, just enough for it to get into all over everything. She would do this to clean her glasses, jewelry, etc. I wonder what a small ziplock bag full of ketchup would do to some rusty nuts, bolts, and washers in your ultrasonic cleaner.
Alternative to gasoline... Stoldert / Stanisol (parts cleaning solvent)... If you are desperate then there is always Coleman Stove fuel... All of these do NOT have much butane ( the fumeable part of gasoline)...
Autoignition temperature of gasoline is... 280 °C (536 °F) so if your ultrasound get to that temp... you have other things to worry about...
Some people like diesel... 210 °C (410 °F) or Acetone 465 °C (869 °F; 738 K) or kerosene 220 °C (428 °F)
With that said.... I wouldn't be opening the jar with a lit cigarette in your mouth... But even so you have to have the perfect combination of air and fuel to get vapors to ignite. Watch the Mythbusters they did an episode on using cell phones at a gas station or something to that effect.
Hey Steve Christmas show coming up hopefully to see you there again, yes use the glass
Try adding a cap full of "Seafoam" fuel treatment to your gas and then do a side by side comparison with straight gas to see how they compare? Let me know what you think. Thanks for your vids.
There's a few things that clean as well as gasoline, but they are just as flammable (often more so) and much more expensive. MEK, Lacquer thinner, Acetone etc. Some are also MORE toxic than gasoline. Toulene is one. I think the touchiness about using gasoline comes from the old days, when gasoline contained tetraethyl lead, which is easily absorbed through the skin, and in those days, people would clean parts in a big open tray, often while smoking a cigarette. As with most things in life, a little common sense goes a long way. Safety 3rd - YOU are the only one responsible for your ultimate safety. If you're not comfortable with any chemical or procedure, you shouldn't use it.
Just make sure to tell your insurance company about the gasoline, Im sure the risk assessment by educated people (granted yes a little overbearing at times) aka actuary's wont raise your premium at all... Oh wait you did just tell your insurance company... Im not a scientist either, but there are white papers on cavitation bubbles potentially as an ignition source (I mean these have also been used in labs for decades before normal people had them), so I will defer to the learned folk of DONT TAKE THE RISK! Why? To save yourself 20 minutes of cleaning because you could not find something to do in that period of time? I do hope this is in a shop and not your home garage where you could be potentially putting your home and family at risk of a fire. I know I simply would not take the risk to save 20-30 mins.
GAS is just fine UNLESS something bad happens like the glass jar breaks in the cleaner. Or the plastic jar is not a stable type of plastic for gas. THEN you may have gas and fumes quickly entering the equation. Gas fumes can easily ignite from several feet away. - Also, how do you dispose of the dirty fuel when yur done with it? Can't run it in engines. Can't dump it. Could throw it on a camp fire for quick hot dogs... ?
I think the warning for gasoline is if it breaks open, the fumes could leak into the area. Or people actually using gasoline completely in the open tank which would be very dangerous because the fumes explode but once again common sense. Kind of like deep frying a turkey. People dump them in when they're frozen and wonder why their house burns down lol. Another trick people have used is kerosene or diesel fuel but I would do that outside.
on the subject of danger, you relly should know, life, is a health hazard....
I have a tractor that is stuck. I wonder if I filled cylinder with atf and acetone. Filled a hose and jar with fluid then place jar in ultrasonic cleaner. Will the sonic waves travel into cylinder and break it free?
I’m pretty sure the ”gasoline is unsafe” is more about the handling of the gasoline and worry that the container might break rather than it igniting during cleaning. except for the lightning guy, that was just pure conedic gold :D But yeah, since glass is the best for cleaning, putting gasoline in gas containers over and over again you’re very likely to drop one. Sure, 99% of the time it’s no problem, but there will be someone who drops it on an extension corde or something and ignites the whole thing and now you’ve burst into flames.
No Air = No ignition. HOWEVER, Since this video was made when the world's economy was proper - Gas is too expensive to waste. Maybe go buy "Farm Diesel" if you can.
I cleaned machinery and engine parts with a wire brush using gasoline for years. One thing I have learned is to test the container, for gasoline will melt some plastic. Lighting? Guess they are thinking microwaves. Price of gas! I think I try simple green!
I’m sure gasoline is the best cleaner, but what do you do with dirty gasoline?
Steve, 2 thoughts
For small parts I use a large tea infuser, it's stainless steel screen allows for very small parts to be cleaned then blown off after without the fear of loosing them and it keeps floats below the solution so they get totally cleaned.
The other is that gasoline will give off vapors and may build pressure and leak, remember your fuel tanks are vented. Not really dangerous but could contaminate your so.ution. keep up the great videos 🇨🇦
Good idea, especially for really small carb parts. 👍
Steve, I really like your common sense opinion about using gasoline in a sealed container. I think this could be a result of you keeping your brain well lubricated with some Lucky Lager! LOL
I used to use a corrosive cleaning solution [ BBQ cleaner ] OK if the carb is going right back on engine, bad news if carb is going to sit on shelve . I now ... Soak carb in Vinegar for about 3 hours . Than carb goes in Ultrasonic filled with plain water . Note, blast cleaned carb with compressed air to remove water, let dry throughly. No corrosion
If you're too much of a snowflake to use gas...use kerosene or diesel. Great video Steve.
Yes, diesel and/or kerosene are good solvents for many purposes.
It's a little expensive, but Coleman white gas for lanterns is a great cleaner.
What do you thinkmof E85 as a Cleaner? In my area we can get 85% grain alcohol as a fuel. It's called E85 locally. Cheaper than gas even.
I always use gasoline to wash my wife's toothbrush. Works way better than the WD40 I used to use.
Hey Steve, this makes the second video I've watched on your channel. I'm subscribed now! Super great content and love the common sense approach. Thank you for your time and effort.
Thank You...and You're Welcome...
Steve have you ever work on a Solo 651sp ? if so i will check it out
Isopropyl Alchohol on electronic parts, but beware as it will damage digital microphones like the ones on the mobile phone's boards.
Thanx Steve! Always used diesel or kerosene without a ultrasonic cleaner,what do think?
Try kerosene/diesel patrol instead of gasoline. it's less combustible than gasoline and it can clean grease and tar. Just don't put anything made out of rubber with kerosene it will ruin it.
Ideally you want to use Pyrex instead of glass. Although glass is far cheaper and easily obtainable.
I am surprised that no one has invented the ultrasonic washing machine, with no motor, no rotating drum, just think how much power could be saved?
I didn't read all the other comments, but if you want to try something that in almost (all?) cases is better than gasoline, try Methyl Ethyl Ketone. It is going to eat most of your plastics though, so you'll want it in that glass jar. But I'd bet a lot of money that whatever you are getting clean with gasoline will get cleaner with MEK.
Its the fumes of gasoline that evaporate near the surrounding electronics in the machine/ spatial area, should there be a short/power surge in the electronic circuitry, gasoline combined with oxygen is not a safe environment when handling electronics. even the temperature of the billions of microbubbles exploding from the ultrasonic cleaner has me questioning this method even further.
Haven't tried it yet but if gas works good then camp fuel works better. I use it regularly to pull oil out of porous materials, I used to use gas but camp fuel works in half the time. It does strip paint
Try Diesel. It has a higher flashpoint and much lower fumes. An old mechanic I once knew would mix a 50/50 solution of engine oil and diesel and put it in the engine pan and run the car at idle for 15 minutes then drain. The insides of the engine were spotless, and all the sludge was gone.
I use for chains, coins, everything else I find with the metal detector, a solution of vinegar (30%), ethyl alcohol 70-75 ° (25%) 40% water and 5% gasoline ... it may sound strange, but clean everything from silver, bronze and iron coins, + the chainsaw chain looks like new ... I will test only with gasoline, to compare the results, but this solution was recommended to us by a colleague who is chemist :)
did you compare? video?
The aliens who gave me my tin foil hat told me its the Big Cleaning Co's that are saying not to use gasoline lol! Great content, sir! :)
Have you tried kerosene as cleaning agent? Its perfect for parts with o-rings etc
I would try really old sump oil the blacker the better A, it has abrasive metal and carbon which is highly abrasive and and B, it's got a dense viscosity same as the dunny cleaner
Steve what’s the best cleaner for carburetor for weed eaters chainsaw lawnmower…is it still gasoline??
If you put a little glass jar of gasoline in a tank full of water, then seriously what could happen to make it dangerous? Go for it Man!
Its been years, but I believe my father used gasoline in his cleaner for car parts, and acetone for other metal parts. Its been a few decades so my memory could be wrong. Oh, and he had an exhaust fan near it to evac the fumes.
Thank you... kerosene may work as well without volatility
Have you tried beer, lol? Thanks for all the tips.
That's alcohol abuse, you're a monster for even **hic** suggesting it!
If they think gasoline is a bad idea then they shouldn’t drive a car. A fuel pump on now day vehicles sits in the fuel tank and has live wires and grounds going to it as well as all the heat that the pump creates in order to supply your car with fuel.
Why would you put gasoline in something with lightning in it? 😂😂😂
Lol It's the vapors in gasoline that are flammable your fine .
I have found that the Gunk Carb cleaner from Home Deport or such, works great for further cleaning.Just saying. Rermove all rubber and such.
Steve Thank you for all you do.I use simple green mixed with the proper amount of water in mine and have very good results
That's a great idea.
What ratio do you use. Do you use “ purple “ simple green?
I wouldn’t hesitate to use gasoline. I agree it cuts oil and grease. Don’t use gasoline to start your burn pile especially when it’s raining.
I owned and ran a dive shop for a number of years back in the mid 90's... I only used two cleaners for cleaning corroded and nasty regulators etc, Simple Green and Vinegar. Anything that would not clean with Simple Green, vinegar would. I also used Tupperware Pickle Containers, they have a slide out tray, that made getting parts out easy. I made a platform for it with PVC and a piece of lexan to suspend the container, and it was upright and easy to get parts in and out of.
Here’s a related tip.
Hit up used appliance shops for silverware baskets. Lot of different designs available, great for separating parts.
Have you tried diesel i hear a lot of industrial cleaners use hot diesel for cleaning industrial equipment.
The use of petrol/gas is mad. But when it goes tits up is because people fill the whole tank with petrol not just a bottle or bag, and the metal parts being rattled about can cause a spark. I've done it but I put the tank out in the middle of the lawn just in case it goes up. Never has but I'd rather it be outside if it does.
Thank You, it would have been helpful to mention the dawn concentration in water that is good to use. Also would it be a good idea to clean jewelry in gasoline and then put it into another jar with dawn solution as a type of rinse?
What do you think about kerosene or white vinegar?
I love your tech tips!
Great video Steve.
I never knew I could ultra-sonically clean stuff in a jar or zip-lock. What a genius idea to not pollute all of the solution in the tank.
Thank You...
If using a jar or bag (isolation container), you don't need the ultrasonic cleaner's tub to have cleaning solution in it. You fill it with water (distilled is preferred) and put the cleaning solution in the isolation container with the part.
I lke Spray Nine's GREEZE-OFF mixed 25% to summer winshield washer fluid 75%. It cleans better than any sonic cleaning solutiion for 99% of any engine, carb, or plastic parts I have used it on. It rinces off in water easily.
Methylene chloride will clean everything instantly
i think why they think it is dangerious is because ultrasonic waves can atomize liquids.
but in order for that to happen it has to be a very small amount of liquid which this is not as it is an entire container full of water + the gasoline.