Sonic Cleaners

[Song Dog]

Thinking about adding a sonic cleaner to the bench. So is it as easy as just adding the cases in the tray then in 30 minutes you're done? Any other steps as heard the cases needed to be rinsed? If so, just under the tap or in a seperate bucket?

Thanks

 

[edrod68]

I rinse in a separate bucket just keep the chemical from going down the septic...and I rinse with distilled water to keep the water spotting down...(have a well)...

Depends on what your water source is....

Have had pretty good results so far.. gets primer pockets pretty clean, does not shine up the brass like a tumbler, but does get them clean...and in less time (the longest cycle on mine is 8 minutes)..

 

[K31]

There are about a half a dozen threads on this subject if you care to use the search function.

 

[Pinecone]

You have to rinse, then dry.

I prefer a vibratory tumbler. Tumble, use a media separator (I have a small Dillon one) and you are done.

And you can even tumble loaded rounds to remove fingerprints to avoid corrosion in storage.

 

[Weber]

I use both.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

I just returned a new Hornady Lock-N-Load Magnum Sonic. After the first use, I found two nuts lying under it and another fastener bouncing around inside. Also, the timer was stuck at 99:00 minutes.

But it got the primer pockets clean on a load of .223 brass. That's what I bought it for, small batches that I want clean pockets on. I got tired of cleaning them one by one. I also want to use it on gun parts. I want to see how well it cleans an AR BCG that has been field stripped. A Ruger Mark III is also a dog to clean, even after you've taken it apart.

I'll have the replacement on Friday. I'll post a fuller review of it then.

 

[rico903]

I got one of these a couple of months ago and haven't had a chance to use it. Hope I have better luck. I have a tumbler but figured I might sonic clean after primers are out and wanted to be able to clean gun parts also.

 

[paxfish]

as interest - the smallest sonic cleaner at Harbor Freight is useless ($30).


Lesson learnt.