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Are "ultrasonic cleaners" worth it or effective?

cstanton
cstanton over 2 years ago

I am no stranger from having to clean fiddly, awkward things, from electronics to jewellery to other items.

Often my approach to cleaning such items is a bit of good old elbow grease, a small brush, perhaps some form of polish, iso-propyl alcohol, and perhaps something stronger if the materials are not under threat of breaking down. Sometimes I resort to a bit of soap and water.

Which brings me to the appeal of ultrasonic cleaners, if youtube shorts, tiktok videos and the appeal of random adverts are to tell the truth, I can dunk an item that is ingrained with difficult to clean muck, and with a bit of time and the right liquids, I'll see all of that gunk shake off and result in something nice and shiny.

My experience with some models of these though, have been less than stellar.

I'm therefore looking for recommendations and anecdotal or evidence based experiences with these, and links of where to buy if anyone can advise. Ideally the budget would be sub £150 but frankly if this means you're "getting what you pay for" then I'd consider higher. Delivery to the UK would be necessarily possible!

Thanks!

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe +4
    But can you poach salmon in them ?
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 2 years ago in reply to Fred27 +3
    I think that the FECl needs the air in the bubbles to help in the reaction. Certainly the huge inprovement in etch rate if you jiggle the bath about seems more than you would expect from just agitation…
  • misaz
    misaz over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton +3
    For example, crystal-less MAX31343 RTC with integrated MEMS oscilator which I have RoadTested few years ago has this restriction mentioned in datasheet. You cant clean boards featuring this RTC using ultrasonic…
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    0 BigG over 2 years ago

    As you say there's loads of random stuff online. I did watch this YouTube video (by GreatScott) the other day and I thought it provided some interesting insights...

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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to BigG

    I wonder how well these work?

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    Mini-dishwasher....

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    0 cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    But can you poach salmon in them?

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    0 cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    But can you poach salmon in them?

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    0 BigG over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

    And in case you need something to wash down that poached salmon, you could try this... www.bigoven.com/.../137373

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