ultrasonic brush cleaner

[mike hanyi]

Tell me I am not the only one who has ever thaught of using an ultrasonic cleaner with terps in it with paint brushes?

We all hate cleaning them, and it should work

mike

[Tom Robb]

Have you tried it w/ the old ladie's jewelry cleaner?

[LLaver]

Yep, this works very well. :D

For those of you who haven't experienced the cleaning power of an ultrasonic, they are awesome.

However, if you want to avoid having to clean the paint off the inside of the ultrasonic tank, put the turps in a glass jar and imerse the jar in the ultrasonic tank which is full of water. The vibrations from the ultrasonic travel very well through the water and transfer through the glass jar with almost no loss.

I have used this technique to clean jewellery (as well as the brush) after rhodium plating for years. When jewellery is electroplated the areas which are to be left unplated (such as with two tone pieces) are painted to stop electrical contact between the solution and the metal surface.

I have also found that having the water very hot with lots of detergent in it makes the ultrasonic vibrate considerably better.

Cheers

Lee

[mike hanyi]

So I knew it was a winning idea.. now I just need to find a used one at an affordable price,
thanks
mike

[paladin]

Use a tablespoon of JOY in the water......

[Tom Robb]

(Brushes) go from grease to shine in half the time with Joy.:rolleyes:

1950s Joy commercial my little brother used to sing-song until we were considering strangling him.

[paladin]

as far as boats go....Joy is one of the very few detergents that will suds in salt water......

[Andrew]

Put the Joy in the water surrounding the Jar with turps in it?

[RichardH]

Harbor freight tools has the ultrasonc cleaners on sale frequently for cheap. $20 or so. Hadn't thought I needed one until now.

[paladin]

yup...the joy destroys surface tension and lets them ultrasonic critters attack the jar more better...

[few3]

Less than a drop of JOY in your best friends glass of water guarentee's hour of porcelain enjoyment for the victim.