Vevor Ultrasonic Parts Cleaner . Surprising Results !

The Vevor Ultrasonic Parts Cleaner is tested , cleaning some current shop projects .
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[@markedevold1261]

I bought the 30L Vevor ultrasonic cleaner a couple of months ago. Very satisfied, so far. I usually fill it with water, and put cleaner and parts in glass jars or plastic bags-saves on cleaner, and makes it easier to clean the unit.

[@DrewDiaz]

Yes indeed, this is CLR in a glass jar. kzbin.info_MbPVjX_jHo?si=bBh86DBT9c8IvPhT

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Good idea . Cheers 👍

[@KravchenkoAudioPerth]

Hello Max. You can fill the tank with water and use secondary containers, plastic bag or jar or cup with the object to be cleaned in the solution of choice. Saves you a lot of cleanup and the waves travel right on through. Waves are also related to the surface area of the parts that you are cleaning. More surface area more cavitation. Nice review. I have the 30 liter version. And I love it. Mark

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . Good idea about the secondary containers . 👍

[@RalfyCustoms]

Thats exactly what I do 😊

[@romantrans1]

I worked at Detroit Diesel over 30 years ago we had an ultrasonic machine in the injector room it cost thousands of dollars. I bought one of these and have been cleaning LS Piston and Rod assemblies it works beautiful. I ran it at 60 degrees and used 4 Cascade Platinum dishwasher pods absolutely awesome.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . They seem to work quite well . Big thing for me is the time saved i am not cleaning parts . 👍

[@harryballz6358]

I have this 15l too but with the dials not sticker controls (yes its just a sticker on these like singing/flashy birthday cards..lol). I got a 15L due to their (6) transducers vs (4) on 10L. Even less on smaller 6L, most only have one transducer. I mainly use it on carbs & antique clock mechanisms, does great. 1 Gal- Simple Green or DG Mean Green. + 3/4 cup Acetone. + 1/2 cup Joy or Dawn dish soap. + 1 Gal or top off tank with Distilled Water. Most degreasers need water to even clean. Rinse well immediately after. This is a good low cost recipe for most metals. Beware of corrosive juices, some destroy fine threads in Aluminum carbs. Especially China carbs...Peace Fill tank with water & put small parts inside glass jars or a sealed kitchen baggy full of cleaning chems saves you money, works quite well.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . They can do quite a reasonable job . The main thing for me is that i am not wasting as much time cleaning parts . 👍

[@624Dudley]

Thanks Max. That built-in drain is a handy feature, one which is lacking in my (older) machine. 👍

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

It makes it easy to drain all right . Cheers 👍

[@brucegriffiths8861]

Fresh fluid will be degassed bythe ultrasonic cleaner contributing to bubbling. Used fluid will have less gas content and will produce less bubbling.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Ok , thanks . Did not know that one . 👍

[@HaxbyShed]

Hi Max very useful. I never thought about noise. Cheers.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Just don't film when it's on !!! 👍

[@seksak5176]

I designed ultrasonics. Here's an interesting test of your ultrasonic cleaner that is useful to see where the field effect is strongest and weakest. Also to see if one of the transducers is not working. put a sheet of aluminium foil straight down into the bath. The ultrasonic cavitation waves are strong enough to poke holes in the foil. From this party trick you have real time visual cues to it's operation to impress your friends.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . I will give it a try . 👍

[@joell439]

👍👍😎👍👍 Handy Kit Max - always nice to receive a product you can really use

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Dead right ! 👍

[@robdixon945]

Thanks for the show Max

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Cheers 👍

[@markwatters6875]

Thanks for a good practical, honest review mate. I can see that cleaner earning its electricity and saving you heaps of time. Have a good one 👍🇦🇺

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . The solar will power it through the day ! 👍

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Excellent review max, every shop need one of those, I could probably use two or three, lol .Great video, keep'um coming.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

No worries . 👍

[@eyuptony]

Works great Max, it's a good size. I ain't gonna suck on this lol, been there lol. We had these back in the early 1980's for cleaning wood machining tooling. Good fair demo Matt a boon to any shop. Cheers Tony

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Cheers Tony . I only heard of them about a year ago ! 👍

[@melgross]

The cavitation itself agitates the liquid and raises the temperature. The transducers are putting energy into the liquid this way. I had a very large unit in my company we designed and used to clean film processor racks - 6,000 watts. We had heating, but after a few runs found that very little was needed. A few years ago I made a unit to clean records. Interesting to see that they use the same transducers and amplifiers that I did. My tank is very thin though just about 30mm wide, but with four of those transducers and two amplifiers. Works really well. But my transducers did the same thing. Apparently when first used they give a stronger effect then settle down to their normal strength.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I think i will do the tin foil test when i use it next as well . They reckon it should get small holes in it pretty quick . 👍

[@alandawson2813]

Seems many people on you tube are using these, I have never seen one in kiwi land or heard of one before seeing them on you tube. Thanks for another very informative video young max.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

No worries . Not sure what it's like back there now , i left back in 82 ! 👍

[@robyoung1890]

Interesting results Max, I had the same concern with the reduced vibration in my 6-litre unit. Still cleans OK but I think it takes a little longer than the first time. Anyway, is still better than doing it by hand with a toothbrush!!

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

You're not wrong there ! 👍

[@willemvantsant5105]

Yep not to mention the roots spreading and lifting driveways and paths, made a huge mistake planting next to my swimming pool in Oz, lifted paving and headers. The birds here build their nests on the lower fronds and the nests fall down when the frond dies. Have to relocate the nest.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

They are for desert islands & deserts ! 👍

[@DudleyToolwright]

Good review, Max.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks Rob . 👍

[@russellspear4911]

When first starting with new fluid or after being shut off an initial degassing of the cleaner for about 10 minutes at operating temperature helps the cleaning action. To check ultrasound production hold a piece of aluminium foil in the bath, within a 10 - 15 seconds small holes will be punched in the foil.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Ok , thanks . 👍

[@harryballz6358]

Good to see the inside...thanks!. I wonder if the metal makeup changed the way it was operating? Some can obsorb better, so possibly thats all it was?

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have heard it is common for them to look as if they have slowed down from a few people that have had them for a while . Even with the vibration things still attached . 👍

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Max, I’ve got the 10lt model, the old man’s rotor how has a Honda motor, it wouldn’t rev unles the choke was on, took it apart and cleaned with brake cleaner and didn’t make any difference, stripped it again and 10mins in the untrasonic cleaner and it’s now running like brand new, I can’t fault mine yet, cheers

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

No worries . I think an induction leak where the carby bolts on will cause a similar issue . 👍

[@constantinehatzis2807]

I have a 15 litre unit also, works fine, the ultrasonic cleaning effect does also heat the water. I use my workshop kettle to heat the water, much more effective. Maybe don't add just boiling water.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . The first time i used water from the hot tap . But had the degreaser in it after that , so had to be heated from cold . 👍

[@chrisarmstrong8198]

I think I'd be wearing nitrile gloves when using that Mechanix degreaser. The MSDS says it contains potassium hydroxide (a strong alkali). Thanks for the views of the innards of the cleaner.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . I should do , Brake cleaner is a bad one as well ! 👍

[@carlthor91]

Max, the cavitation bubbles are very hot, that is why you have a temperature increase. Google cavitation temperatures in water. Good thing they are very small bubbles.

[@chrisstephens6673]

I like on it as you are putting energy into the water, so it is very likely that will result in a temp rise.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks 👍

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

good video Max

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Cheers 👍

[@brianstyrczula9466]

Max. good on you bro.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

No worries 👍

[@RalfyCustoms]

G'day Max, cleaner than Julie Andrews memoirs 😂 I've used ultrasonics for years, as a tattooist, deffo help but a good manual scrub before hand always goes a long way

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Still a learning curve this one . I know a fair bit about Scrubbers though !!! Cheers 👍

[@willemvantsant5105]

Hi Max, I have a 10 litre version, yet to use it, only has 3 transducers. Priced the transducers, about 75 AUD each. Evaporust is out of my price range here in Philippines and have too many bloody palm trees!

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Next door to our old house we just moved from the neighbours had them , a right pain in the ass they are with all the shit they drop , rat's love them also ! Drilled a hole in one of them & filled it with Round up , bastard still would not die ! Hey , had to clobber the first Dugite of the season today . A 4 foot bugger just out of hibernation ! 👍

[@chrisjh777]

Hi Max, use 5 to 10% molasses to water mixture to remove rust on parts. Leave soak for 24 hours. Works great and very inexpensive.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks 👍

[@KitCullen-zn4id]

Max I run my cleaning fluids through a fuel filter when empting my equipment. Kit from up north

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Good idea . I was going to set up a similar thing with filters for my machine coolant . 👍

[@opieshomeshop]

I got the big one from vevo. I watched a lot of the videos as well and a lot of them say the heaters will cause these to break so they use external heat. I think there is some truth to that because heat is the enemy of electronics and mechanical things. Of course there is always the one person out there that likes to contradict everything just for the sake of being contradictory who will say they never had a problem using the heater on these and they have owned 8 million of them and they all work flawlessly. In any case, I'm using an external heater on mine because I don't want to tempt fate. I have owned well made professional ultrasonic cleaners in the past, and these can still be had for several thousand dollars and they do work a lot better then the vevo but I have found for the price the vevo is cleaning ok, not great, just ok. I'm going to be using it in my anodizing room to clean parts to be anodized. I've been using secondary containers as to keep the water in the tank clean. The containers will move around a bit and I'm not sure if this is good or bad. I'm going to try both with and without secondary containers and see if there is an issue or not. Ok, taking bets now that there will be at least 1 contradictor who replies just to contradict my comment. I'll start the bet at 50 bucks. 😆🤣

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Lol . I think i will just run with how it is & see what happens . I like the idea of secondary containers . I did not think sealed ones would work , but people reckon it's ok . 👍

[@harryballz6358]

Not just Vevor its all models. Setting these up against walls, in corners or anywhere airflow becomes limited around the bottom causes most overheating Im sure. I set 2×4s under both ends of mine to add space underneath just to help airflow. Its true, heat & PC boards don't do well together. In 2012 we bought a new wall oven. I swear every review said their new oven failed on its first self cleaning attempt (temp maxes to clean). I finally found one with no issue at all. GE's top model passed the test, so when I got it home I removed a metal cover inside just to see its motherboard. GE simply installed a nice squirrel cage (fan wheel) to blow directly on the PC board at all times. Thats all they all needed to do to stop the madness. As soon as you turn that oven on you hear its fan come on, its fan runs till oven cools. Never had issues with it! I was just about to install a gas oven/stove both because they had no bs issues. They perform better, cheaper to operate anyway. Anyway keeping the fan guard extra clean on bottom of this unit is a must.

[@opieshomeshop]

@@harryballz6358 Good idea. I'm running external heating. I have a 240 volt outlet just for the ultra cleaner and that way I can dedicate one leg to the cleaner and one to the heater. I think I'll follow your advice anyway and stick a couple 2X4s under my machine to keep the air flowing. On that note, my anodizing room is an over pressure room, and the filtration fan is right next to the cleaner so it's going to be getting all kinds of nice clean fresh cool air when I'm working in the room. 👍👍👍

[@user-gl5kj1fm5x]

you could also go to big bubble and get some phosphoric acid a weak solution will deal with the rust

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks 👍

[@tomsing6384]

Yeah, it seems as though it is not quit as vigorously moving the flued as in the first instance, the next time you have the bottom off again you might just look at all the wiring connections seeing that everything is somewhat vibrating maybe one of the wire connections came loose. with that said, nice demonstration of how it works..........

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I checked all that at the end , all seemed ok . Cheers 👍

[@hmw-ms3tx]

Hello Max. This would have saved me a ton of time and effort when I was rebuilding my HBM, especially the bolts, nuts and washers as they are such a pain in the ass to clean. The increasing fluid temp beyond the set point is caused by the energy input from the ultrasonic waves. I was wondering if draining while it is running would keep the sludge in suspension and it would then be filtered out in the rags. Ken

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Cleaning bolts etc sucks & is so time consuming . I should set up a filter one day . 👍

[@be007]

max, for the small stuff, put that stuff in a old glass jam jar and close it with al lid, put gasoline in the jar, put the jar in de fluid and that wil degrease little parts very very good. or put citron acid in the jar, that will derust parts very good. the advantige is that with closed jars /containers is that you keep the 15 liter solution much more clean and you can epiriment with different solutions without empthying all the solution. btw, those vibrating "things" are called transducers max. cheers ben..

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

That's a good idea . Cheers 👍

[@tonyray91]

Hi Max, don’t know how long you’ve had that degreaser but the hazard warning labelling isn’t legal in Aus. ,the labelling used is from the UN shipping system. It should have the red bordered diamond GHS symbol for corrosive, at least it has something though. Red diamond is the Globally Harmonised System now pretty much adopted globally. As well as the spec I’d advocate gloves too. As you noticed there is some self heating this is due to energy from the U/S waves If you’re in a hurry starting with a kettle of hot water helps. Cheers.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

It was from current stock at Bunnings . 👍

[@1ginner1]

Hi Max, I was just looking at one of their Pantograph tapping machines. They weigh in at about 10% of the usual scumbags ( £300 for the head and collets), might be worth a punt. Best wishes, Mal.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have heard it is better to go through Amazon , in case you need warranty ! 👍

[@darynradcliffe2909]

No need fer a mesh basket, just use a glass jar, the ultrasonic waves will work fine through the glass

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Ok , thanks . 👍

[@Warped65er]

Thx for the vid.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

No worries 👍

[@ShadonHKW]

I wonder what vinegar would do to your rusty parts.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have heard it works . Cheers Stan . 👍

[@jaycoulter1792]

Use cleaning vinegar, works better than any so called expensive cleaners.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . Never heard of it before . 👍

[@TradeWorks_Construction]

Is there a possibility that one of the ultrasonic emitters is loose? Occasionally some of them will have this problem and it will buzz against the tank rather than hummm.

[@TradeWorks_Construction]

Good lord that thing sounds loud and like other users have said you can take a large glass jar with degreaser in it and leave water in the actual cleaner bin. This way don’t need to flush the entire tank to clean smaller parts.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I checked those , all fine . Thanks 👍

[@mudnducs]

Could you put Evaporust in there?

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I expect you could do . The only reason i don't is because it's too expensive . 👍

[@user-gl5kj1fm5x]

do it your self evaporust - there was a utube video a few days ago by elementalmaker using citric acid + edta both should be easily available

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Thanks . I will give CLR a crack . 👍

[@clydedecker765]

Saw that you learned to fill the basket THEN put it in the liquid. Save the fingers from the solution on loading. 😂

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Good point . 👍

[@garthmcgibbon4285]

Make great soup with added chicken and veggies!

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Slow cooker !!! 👍👍👍

[@Jack_C_]

Mate I would avoid this mob like the plague. Some of their products look good for the price but it's not about the product it's about the customer support should you need it (and buying cheaper products there is always a chance you'll need it). They may have refund and warranty policies listed on their web site but they certainly don't honour any of them. It was without doubt the worst customer experience in my entire life (and is still ongoing). They apologise profusely for your "inconvenience" and then just keep stalling you wanting video and photographic evidence making you jump through hoops hoping to wear you down. In the end they do. I spent $360 and got a faulty product. I immediately contacted them and after two weeks of stuffing me around they are willing to give me $100 and I get to keep the busted machine. What a deal! (still haven't seen the $100 but I've still got a useless machine). Just do a search for reviews on the company and you'll find many experiences like mine. Never again now matter how attractive the price.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have heard the same thing . Also heard it is better to go through Amazon . Generally , i only buy electrical / electronic gear from a local store so if it fuk's up , it's easy to take back . Cheers 👍

[@nadsim154]

Hello, are you still happy with it?

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Have not used it in ages , but about to use it a lot again . But in general , yes . 👍

[@nadsim154]

@@swanvalleymachineshop okay, thanks for the answer !

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Vinegar will work on rust.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I have heard that . Thanks 👍

[@dermotkelly2289]

Maybe put vapo rust into the machine.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Too expensive , about $180 for 15 litres ! 👍

[@mudnducs]

Maybe Australia has better quality control…in America these things are a crap shoot…junk.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

I think it's just pot luck sometimes ! 👍