Aldi ultrasonic cleaner

Available again as next Thursday's special, GBP20

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_17130.htm

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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

With these here ultrasonic cleaners, do you put a drop of detergent in
the water or just use water on its own?

 

Depends what you want to achieve.

I've used 30% nitric acid in a lab for instance. Some processes use hot
nitric acid (beware!). S/O is going to get really fecked off with that in
her kitchen. Probably.

You can also get things like this:
www.coleparmer.co.uk/catalog/product_view.asp?sku=0880121&pfx
where you can also read
www.coleparmer.co.uk/techinfo/techinfo.asp?htmlfile=ultrasoniccleaner_faq.htm&ID=792#anchor6

 

It looks very similar to Maplin's GBP45 job. Same capacity AAW.

 

Coca Cola works too, but mostly I use washing up liquid in my workshop.

Special fluid is used here, I believe.

 

"You have item(s) in your shopping cart which are considered hazardous
materials. These item(s) cannot be shipped to residential addresses or
sold to private individuals."

Bugger

 

Ah. Yes.
Obviously I don't run into that barrier.

 

>,
says...

Either.

 

It does rather, except for the brand-name.

"Damn clever, these Chinese!"
-- Major Dennis Bloodnok, Retd, MT, MT, MT


--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Deterrent may help - article has to be wetted for best results.

Beware ultrasonic bubbles...

 

Coca Cola should not be used for stressed metallic articles, as it *can*
(especially with small components molished of high-carbon steel -
springs, f'rinstance) cause some hydrogen embrittlement.

 

Drop me an emu (remove 'foobar') and I'll aim you at somewhere where you
can get quantities they will send.

Large quantities must be collected innit.

 

Coca Cola should not be used for stressed metallic articles, as it *can*
(especially with small components molished of high-carbon steel -
springs, f'rinstance) cause some hydrogen embrittlement.

That may explain some of the more unpleasant gaseous effects when it's taken internally

 

Contains phosphoric acid amongst other chemicals, though I'd suspect
it's the carbonic acid content which produces the gut-retching emanations.

 

The twats. You've probably got more dodgy stuff under your sink.

 

That's right. Have you seen what happens to kid who swallows an
enamel bucket?

 

Only things like glasses and jewellery.

 

ISTR reading that there's a risk of damaging lens coatings if you
use them on your specs. I may well have dreamed this.

 

careful, I managed to strip the antireflective coating from my lenses,
using only water + a drop of washing up liquid (as recommended by the
optiquack) and not allowing lens to touch the chamber.

 

Cor - they're expensive! Seen the price of their plastic carboys?