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[cadg45]

Does anyone know if a vibratory brass cleaner would work instead of an ultrasonic cleaner??
I have one and its designed to run for days at a time-I was thinking of adding warm water....say once an hour or possibly trying it dry?? Anyone out there ever try this??

 

[swtraveler]

I have both pieces of equipment, the jewelry ultrasonic, and the vibratory brass cleaner. The cyclic rate of the brass cleaner does not nearly reach the levels of the ultrasonic and I would have to believe that adding warm water every few hours would prove a significant pain. Without trying it, my guess is that the brass cleaner would have the same effect as manually shaking the bottle for an extended period of time and little of the molecular level blending that is more easily achieved with the ultrasonic. Additionally most ultrasonics have built in heaters and as a special bonus with a little diluted simple green you can keep most of you jewelry super clean (not to mention ultrasonicly clean your brass and firearm parts with the appropriate cleaners. )

If you can, pick up a heated ultrasonic, either for the jewelry market or from a vendor like Brownells.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

I have just popped the tops on my bottles...microwaved them for 20 seconds at a time till they were "hot water for taking a bath warm", put my finger over the dripper...shook till it was full of air bubbles (about 10-15 seconds)...then sat them on the shelf way up and let them cool off after I squeezed the air in the bottle till the juice got to the stopper (pumping the air in and out of the bottle)...took 3 days to steep a 50ml bottle of juice that tasted ok at first but then the after taste of licking a freshly vulcanized tire!

I truly believe air (aka oxygen [aka oxidation]) helps get rid of the cutting agents (alcohol or distilled water) and the heat helps the juices bond and create/enrich the flavors

But that's just my guess..I'm not a scientist..all I know is a big ol' bottle of juice went from "HOLY HELL why did I buy this crap" to oh yeah...great flavor in 3 days flat

I do know the "vibratory rate" of a microwave is 2.4ghz~ (which coincidentally is the resonant frequency of water [this is why microwaves "heat" your food]...it's actually heating the water in your item in the microwave)

 

[cadg45]

Ok Thanks swtraveler and warhawk- Gonna try the hot bath and get my hands on a ultrasonic cleaner

 

[dannyv45]

Although both will work the ultrasonic does do a better job.