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I've used them all in an ultrasonic cleaner, Daryl. NOT carb solvent, mostly because its too expensive these days to subject to evaporation. Stinks, too, but removes just about ANYTHING that isn't supposed to be there in a matter of minutes. You can reuse it 'till the cows come home, and my local recycle event takes the stuff when I'm done.
I still change the oil in my cars at home, and the yard that takes my drain oil tells me to run the dirty solvent through cheese cloth and dump it in the drain oil. They burn it in oil powered furnaces in the warehouse. The tank that holds the drain oil is about 10,000 gallons, and I was assured several cups of solvent would hurt nothing.
When I was a kid, I watched a guy boil his trigger assembly from an 1100 in water, which, evaporated instantly when he pulled it out. Slick, but, there was still grunge hidden everywhere in the assembly. Then, we dismantled it, and wire brushed the parts with kerosene. If we had done that to begin with, we could have skipped the boiling water thing.
My thoughts. You can do what you like, but, I try to keep water away from my tools. My dial calipers, micrometers, gauge blocks, and guns are as water safe as I can make them.
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Ted, if you did use lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, or kerosene in your ultrasonic cleaner and no problems, then you are a lucky fellow. Think lottery tickets, today.
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 02/07/13 03:26 PM.
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Its not luck, Daryl, but, one does have to be smarter than the chemical at hand. The flash point on lacquer thinnner (the hottest solvent of the bunch I mentioned) hovers around 20 degrees. So I typically use that cleaner in the winter, when we have no shortage of days less than that. That dramatically cuts down on evaporation, as well. The shop is well ventilated, and another fan is on hand if needed.
Mineral spirits are flammable but are nowhere near what any alcohol or acetone is capable of-flash point on acetone is about -4 degrees if I remember correctly, and I still use that stuff for some operations. Cautiously. Not in the buzz cleaner, either.
Common sense goes farther than luck. But, as I posted earlier, if you are comfortable with water, go for it.
Best,
Ted
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