Ultrasonic cleaner?

i remember reading some where about using a ultrasonic jewelry cleaner for cleaning jets and related carbs parts...anyone ever tried that?

S!

 

Fitz just posted about a guy who will rebuild your carbs for you.
He uses an ultasonic cleaner for "like new clean"

 

I just got one but have not really tried it on much, I need to get some aluminum safe cleaning solution.

I sent an email to the makers of "simple green" they said it could be used in a sonic cleaner but recommended the Simple green HD which is a different variant I guess that is aluminum safe.

 

Simple Green is aluminum safe -- used it on the bike engine, and aluminum car engines for years with no ill effects.

My understanding is that the HD stuff is just "heavy duty" - ie a bit more concentrated.

I'd say try it with a scrap piece of aluminum and see what you get -- I suspect it'll work just fine

 

Remember that these carbs are not "real aluminum", they are an aluminum alloy, probably zinc, and probably a pretty high proportion of zinc at that.

It's the zinc that reacts with many chemicals and discolors the material.

I had some marine aluminum cleaner, that would turn pure aluminum into a blindingly bright finish, and turned the carb bodies a dull, black-ish gray, after only about 5 seconds immersion............

 

cool I do have the spare set i got that are super dirty & extra maybe i will toss one of the bowls in there for 15 minutes as a test piece.

 

Used it on my carbs with vinegar. It took FOREVER and 3 weeks to clean them. Later i used the ultrasonic jewelry cleaner from wal-mart ( @ the jewelry counter) and it works very well.

I got the heated ultrasonic cleaner from harbor freight.
You gotta get it hot to work.

Someone on the forum used baking soda to soda blast his carbs and they looked great.

I painted mine with VHT roll bar satin black epoxy paint and cooked them with a heat gun. They came out nice and still look good after a year.

 

not trying to hijack, but: baking soda in a sand blaster? Could it really be that simple?

 

Soda blasting works fine. If you check, some blasters are just called "abrasive blaster" because you can use sand or soda. Harbor Freight has ones that just say "soda blaster" as well. (check www.harborfreight.com)

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=66742
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=65902

Even better, just search their site for "blaster" and you'll get a whole bunch of options. Media includes walnut shells, glass, steel, sand, soda ...