Steeping times with ultrasonic cleaner

[OccultScientist]

I'm making a lot of test mixes so shorter steeps would be ideal, are you using the silver crest or the jpl7000?

This one: JPL Ultrasonic 7000S Jewellery, Spectacle, CD: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

 

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This one: JPL Ultrasonic 7000S Jewellery, Spectacle, CD: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

Thanks, that's the better one of the two. What annoys me is that it was half that price last year, there's a bit of demand and the price doubles

I'm assuming that you just place the bottles upright in the tank (with water) and cycle through a few times, my test mixes often have 10ml at the bottom of a 30ml bottle so these would float. Not sure if that would be an issue.

I would also guess you need to have a bit of space around each bottle to allow the waves to make their way through.

Good to hear you're getting such great results though!

 

[OccultScientist]

Thanks, that's the better one of the two. What annoys me is that it was half that price last year, there's a bit of demand and the price doubles

I'm assuming that you just place the bottles upright in the tank (with water) and cycle through a few times, my test mixes often have 10ml at the bottom of a 30ml bottle so these would float. Not sure if that would be an issue.

I would also guess you need to have a bit of space around each bottle to allow the waves to make their way through.

Good to hear you're getting such great results though!

Yep I just stand the bottle in the middle. One thing to note is that with use the water heats up a bit so start cold and it will get to a perfect temperature

 

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I'm kind of doing the same with body heat and a modified milk whisk at the moment. Will be good to automate the process.

Just as a little detour, I'm getting an idea of what's on market so having a quick search around, found a funny little name that made me chuckle....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSLEEGy_o24

 

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This looks ok for the money, 50w too

0.8L Professional Digital Ultrasonic Cleaner Machine + Timer Nealy 1L 008 | eBay

 

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This one: JPL Ultrasonic 7000S Jewellery, Spectacle, CD: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

That's the exact one I got, £20 down Aldi for me. Firing it up now and "Microwaving" my first few test batches as we speak. I'm so excited!

 

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That's the exact one I got, £20 down Aldi for me. Firing it up now and "Microwaving" my first few test batches as we speak. I'm so excited!

Did you get this recently?

 

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Did you get this recently?

Earlier today

This is the one I got from Aldi:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-25-jan/product-detail/ps/p/ultrasonic-cleaner-1/

Doesn't say the model number but it looks the exact same so maybe it's an Aldi own brand sort of thing.

 

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Earlier today

This is the one I got from Aldi:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-25-jan/product-detail/ps/p/ultrasonic-cleaner-1/

Doesn't say the model number but it looks the exact same so maybe it's an Aldi own brand sort of thing.

Thanks, it'll probably be £30 tomorrow!

Let us know how you get on with the 'microwaving'

 

[OccultScientist]

Earlier today

This is the one I got from Aldi:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-25-jan/product-detail/ps/p/ultrasonic-cleaner-1/

Doesn't say the model number but it looks the exact same so maybe it's an Aldi own brand sort of thing.

Brilliant!
Let us know how you get on