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Round 1; Ultrasonic Cleaner Showdown; Cheap vs Expensive Alternative Solvents / Solutions!

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Did you try the Cascade without the pods yet?
Comment from : @kneedragger29

Acids will affect steel more than Aluminium Alkalis l affect Aluminuim more than Steel
Comment from : @allandriver2066

Excellent overall!
Comment from : @ModelARickLasCruces

I use Simple Green Extreme Aircraft/Precision Cleaner It works well and isn't too harsh I've only used it with carbs though
Comment from : @MegaKencam

How bout tsp
Comment from : @DougWilde-pc9rs

I kinda wonder how efferdent denture stuff would work ??
Comment from : @DougWilde-pc9rs

Wow Just the vid I was lookin for Gd job ty
Comment from : @DougWilde-pc9rs

i use white vinegar for rust or corrosion on circuit boards works well and the price is right!
Comment from : @harrysanders9941

If you want something that will attack rust but not aluminum, you can use phosphoric acid The oxides on the surface of the aluminum will react with it, but the underlying aluminum won't be affected by it The iron in the solution will discolor the aluminum but it can be wiped/buffed off later Aluminum is affected by caustic (basic) solutions but not by acidic solutions As per your question - If you want to totally destroy aluminum, use sodium hydroxide (lye) and that will do it, but won't affect the iron Aluminum alloys may be affected by phosphoric acid, but pure aluminum won't Most pistons are usually unaffected as long as you don't leave them in the tank forever Phosphoric acid is pretty weak, so is generally safe to handle for people that don't react to phosphates
Comment from : @wackowacko8931

Can't go wrong with Super Clean or Zep 505, both outstanding cleaners
Comment from : @shaggyduder

drain cleaner crystals work awesome for dpf filters
Comment from : @mmafreaks4871

What if u used half a bottle of dawn because you only used 1 cup
Comment from : @CBECK73

You're supposed to mix/dilute each of them per manufactures recommendations to get a more accurate/true baseline
Comment from : @itzsilverback

I would like to see the Pistons without the rings installed and see if it cleaned the grooves
Comment from : @davidgroskopf7898

I guess parts cleaners are passe
Comment from : @HarveyWallbanger-ho2cq

Super Clean is alkaline based I use Purple Power which is less expensive and is very similar to Super Clean If you have a coffeen cup or parts of your coffee pot that have turned brown and can be removed, cleaning with one of these will almost instantly remove most of the brown stain unless it is set deep into the plastic It works faster than any dish soap, vinegar, etc but I do not use it through the hot water system, only removable parts I have seen people try to clean a glass coffee pot with salt, ice, and possibly vinegar and swirl it around and not do very well The alkaline cleaners will remove it almost instantly Rinse well Be careful around painted surfaces if you drip the cleaner and leave it alone Some paints come off rather quickly
Comment from : @4speed3pedals

Omega Clean is the best and it's $49 per gallon of 10 to 1 concentrate
Comment from : @OldSkoolF

Berryman's stinks to high Heaven, but works awesome! It would be nice to have less stinky options!
Comment from : @smaqdaddy

The best in the industry is Branson IS
Comment from : @RongDuck

Awesome orange or green cleaner degreaser is $150 at dollar tree or dollar general and I’d almost guarantee it will work good because it works well on its own soaking things
Comment from : @Thumper68

Formula 88 is 8 bucks at lowes
Comment from : @tiredoldman5329

The "discoloration" might be passivation on the surface What you might be scratching is the thin oxide layer while in the solution
Comment from : @averagejoebitcoin

dawn is a great de-greaser
Comment from : @donwest5387

What about Oil Eater?
Comment from : @commenter5469

Can you try do a cleaning using plain Distilled water?
Comment from : @yky1526

Is it better than a pot over fire?
Comment from : @darianthompson5975

I wanna try dumping a cascade dishwasher pod in mine now so bad :Obrhave you tired simple green pro HD?brbrpowdered dishwasher detergent must be even better! and cheaper
Comment from : @Amybnuy

“Awesome” does a wonderful job Probably can grab it from the dollar store
Comment from : @1LETrackPerformance

A tip for anyone interested in using the Zep 505:brbrZep 505 is simply their Industrial Purple Degreaser diluted 5:1 with water This was informed to us at work by a Zep representative when we asked about purchasing 505 by the drum
Comment from : @hubertcarter837

Awesome video Sir, question what the best Ultrasonic unit you have and part number thks again ,
Comment from : @scottmagyar

I suspect the aluminum coloration is caused by alkaline rather than acid and may be aluminum oxide You can get test strips at chemical supply places or online that turn colors depending on the ph it is dipped in Very informative session Sodium hydroxide (lye) can be used as a cleaner but is a dangerous chemical and must be treated as such and must be thinned a great amount The power of the chemicals shone is evident and gloves and goggles may be wise I just bought a small cleaner to clean watch parts and this info is very useful! Thanks
Comment from : @gregkretchmer3588

Clr
Comment from : @chiliewhilie84

Thanks for taking the time to do this At first I thought that this was a cheap vs expensive ultrasonic cleaner showdown I'm trying to decide between settling for the Vevor ($113) or busting out with the Crest ($1,300) Also, I'm confused by your statement at 20:20 that SuperClean is too acidic for you SuperClean is a super high pH cleaner (125-138) That's about as basic (read: not acid) as you can get The pH scale only goes up to 14
Comment from : @ILruffian

Which one would you recommend for carburators? Im looking for something that wont harm aluminum
Comment from : @alicenfred

Is the cascade pods aluminum safe?
Comment from : @alicenfred

H7 is the bomb
Comment from : @gungho6798

i use dishwasher liquid and cirtic acid powder Dishwasher liquid makes the clean more gentle to the parts cleaned and increases effectiveness of the citric acid
Comment from : @ahah1785

What about using acetone in a ultrasonic cleaner?
Comment from : @zap

never needed more than dish soap and water
Comment from : @blameusa7082

That Cascade was surprisingly great!! Thank you
Comment from : @seanstout7904

aceton is good?
Comment from : @anggismay6840

I use an ultrasonic cleaner for my vinyl records I thought that's what this was about -LOL I thought you'd lost your freaking mind during the first minute
Comment from : @rickmilam413

could you use a deluded mix of muriatic acid and water without harming the basket or tank
Comment from : @runningdeer62h33

Surprised you didn't try CLR Works great on rust Not sure about dirt and grime Also, Harbor Freight sells a relatively cheap degreaser that works way better diluted than straight Not sure what that's about, but I'd like to see how it would do in an Ultrasonic cleaner
Comment from : @donopp5850

I have not tried it in mine but I watched a guy put rusty screws & bolts in a ziplock bag with blasting media Might be worth a try Vinegar works on rusty stuff too
Comment from : @paulhare662

Super informative Appreciate you putting this together
Comment from : @tony2246

A cheaper way for smaller parts to use less solution is you can put them in a ziplock bag filled with solution or a jar and just put water in the ultrasonic cleaner
Comment from : @sbrader97

Should have included Evaporust
Comment from : @Lex9296

My main concern would be breathing the fumes and how to dispose of the ckeaning solution Things like dish cleaning products make sense in borh cases
Comment from : @wingrider1004

I'd suggest doing a PH strip on them if possible or just checking the SDS, it's likely that they are alkaline rather than acidicbrbrAluminium, lead and chromium are amphoteric meaning that both acids and bases will react with them, which is likely why you saw differences in the rates that discoloration occured between them
Comment from : @Georgehanes-GJH105775

Probably most effective but most expensive would be Chem-dip carburetor cleaner Soaking a piston in the stuff cleans it pretty well The ultrasonic should speed up the process brbrDishwasher detergent is know for discoloring aluminum and many of the cleaners you can buy off the shelf state on the label whether they discolor aluminum
Comment from : @stevenbauer8033

I use the dawn platinum concentrated liquid It's meant to refill the foaming dispensers, but a cap full of that cut with water in my little 25L harbor freight sonic cleaner works a treat for cleaning BCGs
Comment from : @englematic

Have you tried evaporust in the ultra sonic
Comment from : @lenness6689

I use cascade platinum pods in my diy hot washer cabinet About 12 pods per the 45 gallons it holds seems to be plenty @ 90c They work great completely stripping all grease and oil, but doesn't cut the carbon like i want (I'll be buying an ultrasonic soon to help with this) It will turn any aluminum a dull grey color especially machined surfaces, andneed to make sure to pull the parts out immediately after it's done or it will leave some nasty mineral deposits that can only be removed mechanically Nice thing with the heat is the parts evaporate off in seconds when removed so no need for blow drying There's a video on my channel if you care to check it out my contraption
Comment from : @HsPerformanceWi

You're saying acidic, I think "caustic" is more accurate
Comment from : @chucktintera1787

I would like to see the test done with simple green
Comment from : @harveypaxton1232

Super clean contains sodium hydroxide and will attack aluminum
Comment from : @SMOBY44

You should do a dive down on one detergent at a time with different concentrations Otherwise, you dont know how much money you wasted or saved brWith powders, mix until unable to dissolve more gets you to 100 solutionbrMaybe sample at 1:0,1:1,1:3,1:4,1:7, 1:9bras your controlbrand fine tune ratios a few more stages when you see a significant change in outcomebrThere may also be different ratios depending on surface finish from smooth to coarse and whether there is any porosity present
Comment from : @garyrichardson

i have heard of people using Pine Sol clearner with great effect in ultra sonic cleaners
Comment from : @ryancormier3504

i use dawn for more delicate tasks like cleaning vinyl records or jewelry in the ultrasonicworks very well
Comment from : @jimf5160

Awesome cleaner from Dollar Tree is amazing in an ultrasonic cleaner If you really want to play you can use sodium hydroxide but be careful as it'll remove skin in a hurry
Comment from : @ThatOldStoner

Around 30 years ago I worked at a machine shop that did precision grinding and polishing from GM fuel injection and ride control products to Rolls Royce jet engine parts We had very large ultrasonic cleaning and rinsing tanks - about the size of a washing machine for each tank The manufacturer of one of our systems recommended Tide laundry detergent It worked very well and even cleaned the polishing slurry from the ceramic filter/separators I don't remember the detergent-to-water ratio but it's cheap enough to experimentbrbrAnd, as someone mentioned before, to save on cleaning solutions in larger ultrasonic tanks you can do tank-within-a-tank and only use what you need for cleaning smaller parts
Comment from : @DynaLowrider

Wow at salts gone with the rust removal at the end
Comment from : @AntonioClaudioMichael

I have had amazing success with purple Power and Zep Citrius Foaming Degreaser Purple power works amazing on getting oil and grease out of automotive Upholstery
Comment from : @AntonioClaudioMichael

I would love to see this testing against the Harbor Freight Yellow Degreaser
Comment from : @AntonioClaudioMichael

In my opinion dawn sucks for anything automotive Related for cleaning
Comment from : @AntonioClaudioMichael

Briefly scrolled through comments and suprised I didn't see LA totally awesome from the dollar store 50/50 mix at 170° in my ultrasonic cleaner will strip a piston and rod clean in about 10 minutes
Comment from : @JamesSmith-zk7ck

Easy off oven cleaner works really good as well
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

You didn't try Mr Clean
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

Old fashioned carburetor cleaner it was expensive but it worked the best spell terrible
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

Lestoil what was the gray cleaner they don't make it any longer😢 laundry detergent called Dash would not suds but it cleaned Gray
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

We used to use the solvent for the pump and brush style cleaners it works pretty good
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

Years ago we converted an old industrial dishwasher worked fantastic
Comment from : @nbpdavenport7066

Should've done distilled vinegar
Comment from : @beachboardfan9544

20:00 Hi,brWhen formatting cells there’s an option to rotate the text That would have made it possible to keep the labels and retain the small format brbrGreat video btw!
Comment from : @Conservator

Shoulda used more Dawn
Comment from : @shanepowers7566

By far my favorite cleaner is the harbor freight heavy duty degreaser Plenty strong at 3:1 and it's not as hard on aluminum as many of the other degreasers
Comment from : @turbovolvos40

Aluminum is an alkali metal and as such will be aggressively attacked by any basic or alkaline cleaning solution Iron on the other hand is typically much less reactive with alkaline solutions and more reactive with acidic solutions If you have two cleaner tanks it would be a great idea to keep a more alkaline solution in one for cleaning ferrous and other non alkaline parts and one that is slightly more acidic for cleaning alkali metals like aluminum, zinc and magnesium It would also be neat to see how borax, washing soda and tide and clorox2 would do
Comment from : @ihdieselman

I am going to try the cascade detergent on my next cleaning
Comment from : @Stormin06096

Ran into this video on accident, subscribed, hay wtg man nice job putting together that test, good filming content and explanations Yeah I am about myself going to using the ultrasonic cleaner for some small carbs off chainsaws, Another guy on YT who works on saws, he uses a combo of simple green, vinegar, and dawn and has good results, I am thinking simple green, vinegar and one cascade pod lol not sure I will wait for your part two
Comment from : @diggindiggenit6540

Why no ZEP PURPLE DEGREASER, $12ish dollars per gallon & it would only need 1 gallon & it will attack the non-steel parts but it cleans awesome
Comment from : @vmcmark7578

It's kinda nice seeing the comparison between the different cleaners, I've been using cascade for at least 10 years that only because I'm cheap
Comment from : @mikhailgoncharov3207

What model ultrasonic cleaner do you own? Thanks
Comment from : @jimconlon1954

Pinesol and it will always be pinesol
Comment from : @ni_wink84

People try hot hot water Zip lock the part in the cleaning solution IT keeps the tub clean The water hot Put solution in the bag It cleans 100 better
Comment from : @kosmotto

SADLY you didn't try or actually know about Simple Green AC coil cleaner ALSO DID IT WRONG Use hot hot water Put parts in a zip lock with the SG coil cleaner I uses 100 it started to remove grease in 30 seconds Try it
Comment from : @kosmotto