Thread: Ultra sonic cleaner

Has anyone tried an ultra sonic cleaner to get rust, pitting, and residue off razors? I've read it is very effective when cleaning guns, auto parts and instruments.

Originally Posted by jkatzman

Has anyone tried an ultra sonic cleaner to get rust, pitting, and residue off razors? I've read it is very effective when cleaning guns, auto parts and instruments.

I have used one for years.
So as not to have to clean the machine after every run, I use this method:
The trick is to use heavy weight plastic baggies, not full, to hold the solutions and the parts.
The bag with your favorite cleaner, water, and the blade/ safety razor goes into the USC and water is added to the UScleaner untill the fill line is reached. Then a few runs of the USC and that part is done. Remember that it is the water that does the job and a little detergent goes a long way!

Possible cleaners:
Cheap Spic and Span
Vinegar
Rust remover
Cleanser

Have fun, they do work well!
~Richard

Well, I have a cheap ultra sonic cleaner. I have put some blades in it. But they seem to get little bit of rust or something else that looks like brown spots.
With safety razors it works better. But put the razor in a plastic bag first. Couse it Will move and then the surface of the razor might scratch.

You might be able to do use some wd40 or something else in the plastic bag for better result. But I havnt tried that soo cant tell. Would not use is it directly in the USC.

Would like to here others give their opinion om this.

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I've never used mine for rust, but it works great for safety razors and cleaning the insides of scales just using warm tap water and dawn dish soap

+1^ . I use mine primarily on old DE and scales with dishwashing liquid. Never tried it for rust tho . . .

They were originally used for cleaning jewelry and watch repairers used them for watch overhauls and then they were used for cleaning precision parts and then they made them bigger and are used for all sorts of things. We had one at work for gun cleaning and those can be very expensive but they do a great job.

For razors make sure the scales don't go in unless they are really tough stuff. No celluloid or ivory.

I do not have an ultrasonic cleaner but I have used my vibratory cleaner to clean blades for restoration. It service double duty to clean brass for reloading.

It is an Ultra Sonic CLEANER not a grinder or a sander. You would have clean pits.

I regularly clean all manner of scales in my ultrasonic cleaner. Nothing's been harmed yet!

Well... Decades of shaving grime have been harmed, but the scales themselves are fine. Even ornately shaped ivory.

Originally Posted by jkatzman

Has anyone tried an ultra sonic cleaner to get rust, pitting, and residue off razors? I've read it is very effective when cleaning guns, auto parts and instruments.

As a gunsmith since the middle '90's. I got my 1st ultra sonic cleaner from a closing jewelry store and have since purchased a replacement.

I use a 1 to 4 mixture of Simple Green / water.

If you have the option of getting one with a heater, get it. It really helps break up the 'crud.'