Discover the ultimate cleaning hack: Homemade formula vs. Amazon Ultrasonic Cleaner

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@gizmo1252000 10 ай бұрын

you can use gasoline ,thinners and many other solvents to clean parts , as long as you put them in a jar . plus you save on solution . this method works well with small parts

@NorthernHomeGarage 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing a great tip with the community!

@robbiesz 6 ай бұрын

@gizmo so you fill the tank with water and then submerge the jar with gasoline and the parts in it?

@az_tinkerer_gamer 2 ай бұрын

Yes @@robbiesz

@CedarAshCanvas Жыл бұрын

I use mine as a preliminary step for carb cleaning, where it's hard to get in to some of the nooks and crannies. Hint: you can fill the reservoir with water, and put small parts to be cleaned in a ziploc bag with whatever cleaning solution you are using, saves on solution. Apparently, small glass or plastic jars immersed in water also work, though I haven't tried that. I have tried a Pinesol solution. Srong Dawn solution works pretty good for greasy/oily stuff, I have found. FWIW, some cleaners can change colour of aluminum parts (my snowmobile now has two different colour carbs).

@NorthernHomeGarage Жыл бұрын

I tried your advise when cleaning the carb on the Honda. I left the CLR water solution in the cleaner and put varsol in a baggy with the carb in it and put in in the water solution. AMAZING results. Thanks so much for the tip!

@gary.richardson 10 ай бұрын

The fluid level is critical. It is important to understand both underfilling and overfilling. You can end up dramatically lowering the life of your device and not clean to 100% capacity. There is some math which calculates the perfect length for the soundwaves to travel without overlap.

@NorthernHomeGarage 10 ай бұрын

I’ve learned so much since posting this video thanks to the community. It’s actually a process to figure out.

@danburch9989 2 ай бұрын

CLR has lactic acid (up to 20%). So the baking soda neutralized its effectiveness. Lactic acid is also naturally produced in our body when we do power excecises.

@NorthernHomeGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@danburch9989 thanks for comment! I’ve learned a lot from the community!

@vaejoviscarolinanus Жыл бұрын

The unit looks like the one that I got but different name. The instructions I got said that it was critical to fill up to level mark about 90 percent of the capacity. It will destroy the unit if you don’t fill it.

@NorthernHomeGarage Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That’s great advice. I really should start reading those things :).

@Azreal357 7 ай бұрын

Used distilled water in the main tank, then put whatever you are cleaning in a jar full of your cleaner. This will save you from having to use/waste so much cleaner, and you wont need to clean the tank each time.

@NorthernHomeGarage 7 ай бұрын

Awesome. Lots of amazing information being shared here. Thanks.

@leeproulx7412 Жыл бұрын

That test was a lot of fun to watch, especially if your homemade solutions are able to penetrate and clean grease and oil from the inner recesses of the parts that you need cleaned. Great video.

@NorthernHomeGarage Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@KJ6EAD Жыл бұрын

It's idiotic to mix chemicals without knowing what they are and their function. CLR is a buffered lactic acid solution. Mixing it with baking soda neutralizes it. Sometimes it's going to be necessary to do more than one type of treatment on an object. For the items you demonstrated, start with an alkaline cleaner to remove oils and greases then rinse and use an acidic cleaner to remove rust. Experienced ultrasonic users often keep an alkaline detergent in the tank and use a smaller dip container with an acidic solution for followup treatments so they don't have to change solutions repeatedly and to save on chemicals. Here's an excerpt from Crest ultrasonics about choosing solutions: It depends upon the types of contaminants you need to remove. For removing lime, scale, rust, and minerals from ferrous metal parts you might want acidic (pH of 5.0 or lower). For jewelry, plastics, ceramics, glass, and objects made of tin, zinc, copper, brass, cast iron, or stainless steel, you will want to go with alkaline (pH of 10 or more). For removing protein-based contaminants from plastics, aluminum, glass, brass, stainless steel, and titanium, we often recommend enzyme-based solutions. Yet there are times when you need to remove heavy industrial waxes, oils, and greases from steel, stainless steel, and cast iron. In these cases, you will need to moving to highly caustic solvents to do the job.

@NorthernHomeGarage Жыл бұрын

That’s great information for the community. Thanks for sharing.

@jonathangaliano2617 3 ай бұрын

What would you recommend for a good general purpose cleaner to use that is 100% safe on aluminum also? Fixing up/cleaning an 88 Yamaha ATV and picked up an ultrasonic cleaner a few weeks ago. So far I've only used Evaporust in it on nuts and bolts which worked great (although now they will rust again super fast unless I set up a DIY zinc plating station lol) There's a few aluminum parts I'd like to throw in there now but want to make sure they aren't going to discolor or get dull or anything like that. Thanks

@GRAZINGARIZONA 11 ай бұрын

@ northern home garage I just found this video, thought I'd comment on it. If you perform a test like this again, to save time, electricity, and cleaning solution I have a suggestion (it's only a suggestion, you do as you wish always) You can clean all the lug nuts or whatever items at once by putting the individual items in ziploc baggies with the test cleaning agent (as long as the part fits in said baggie AND as long as cleaning agent doesn't attack the plastic baggie). Fill the ultrasonic machine with water and put baggies in the water. Machine works by sound waves so kind of line of sight (like if you have a pile of nuts n bolts, the outside of the pile will get clean while the center will remain nasty). This way the large amount of liquid (water) stays hot and clean and your only using like a cup or two fo the solution..... and no cleaning tank between each run. Win win win or something like that. Hope this was a useful comment for you, at the very least it'll help your channels algorithm.

@NorthernHomeGarage 11 ай бұрын

Channel algorithm comment made me actually lol! Thanks a lot for the helpful tips. I do know now that the baggie trick is amazing and you use it for everything. Thanks to amazing people like you sharing your knowledge, it really helps the community! Thanks again !

@phoban1329 11 ай бұрын

Have you, or could you, measure the actual Wattage of your ultrasonic cleaner. My cleaner is listed as 180 watts for the ultrasonic transducers. When I measure it with a Kill-a-Watt meter using only the ultrasonic function of the cleaner, it measures between 110 and 135 watts. I would be interested in knowing what your model is rated as and the actual power consumption. You posted a great video and I appreciate the information you provided.

@NorthernHomeGarage 11 ай бұрын

No sorry. I have not measured the wattage/usage. I don't have a clamp meter or usage meter to get that info. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I have learned a lot from the KZbin community after I posted this video. Thanks for watching!

@melannieworld Ай бұрын

What would you recommend for electronics corrosion? I need a few things to clean.

@NorthernHomeGarage Ай бұрын

CRC or WD40 both make good contact cleaners. I got mine on amazon. Also rubbing alcohol works as well as brake cleaner.

@Amybnuy 22 күн бұрын

how loud is your unit? Mine is 105 DB at 30cm and 95db at 50cm which makes me want to return it lol

@NorthernHomeGarage 21 күн бұрын

My unit is very loud. Even louder if I don’t have the top on. That’s why I start it and walk away lol. Im lucky I have a garage to run it in.

@Amybnuy 21 күн бұрын

@@NorthernHomeGarage i'm in a 550sqft one bedroom (really lucky to not have roomates) but sadly nothing like that, luckily I can put it in the bathroom :) I do have a den but there's barely any space in there. maybe I can figure out how to organize my stuff... even the bathroom isn't enough tho. I might buy 3m hearing protection for this lol

@chriswright9819 5 ай бұрын

It does say in the instructions it needs to be 2/3rds full

@NorthernHomeGarage 5 ай бұрын

I am getting better at actually reading instructions :)

@bleak0218 8 ай бұрын

What is the best solution for aluminium parts to get burnt oil off but is safe to not turn the finish grey or black?...

@NorthernHomeGarage 7 ай бұрын

Hmmm I’m going to have to defer this question to the viewers that are more experienced than me with aluminum. I don’t want to steer you wrong.

@fashizzlemanizzle4808 6 ай бұрын

Do you run the Degas setting first? I’ve just read some places that makes a big difference, or is supposed to, to degas the solution before placing parts to clean?

@NorthernHomeGarage 6 ай бұрын

This would be a question for the community. I am unsure.

@crush3095 10 ай бұрын

cannot wait to watch this after work I tried all sorts of combinations to clean tiny mechanical watch parts online recommendations included lighter fluid, bunch of stuff I tried with little success

@NorthernHomeGarage 10 ай бұрын

I hope you had some good luck!

@williamvaughan1218 9 ай бұрын

I use pine sol or mr clean green.

@NorthernHomeGarage 9 ай бұрын

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

@rustynutz4493 4 ай бұрын

I painted commercial properties and even bulk oil plants and all the piping/plumbing around them for 55 years and have heard that paint thinner is called Varsol for the first time in this video? Must be a Canadian thing , Not in the Northwest USA... The Brits call Vacuuming "Hoovering" so I get it . a major brand becomes the accepted name for all paint thinner. Take Off ! Aye..

@NorthernHomeGarage 4 ай бұрын

This made me lol for real. Thanks for watching eh!!!

@NEVERENOUGHCARZ Сағат бұрын

Paint thinner has a lower flash point than varsol. Yah we Canucks have our own lingo.

@B3RG3RS0N 2 ай бұрын

I'm using IPA with mine and I'm still alive😂

@NorthernHomeGarage 2 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha!!!

@digicabtech 3 ай бұрын

Do we really need an ultrasound cleaner machine? Can we use the normal boiling pan in the kitchen and mix the CLR + Soda baking, .... and keep it at a certain temperature.

@NorthernHomeGarage 3 ай бұрын

Before I purchased this cleaner and learned to properly use it from all the comments on the video, I had an old crock pot that I would fill with green engine antifreeze. I would turn it on high and let my parts cook. It did a really good job.