Vevor ultrasonic cleaner test: The best way to clean mechanical parts. | AutoExpert John Cadogan
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I used mine to clean my conrods and pistons as well as other engine parts, it worked well, but it didnt last long and has since died. 😢
Guess I'll look at getting another via your link.
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Holey hell!!! .We did have one of these at our locomotive depot workshop they are fucking awesome 😎, seems to have grown legs and walked away though 😢.
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I just stick the part to be cleaned next to my wife’s heart…everything dirty just freezes off at absolute zero.
Got a few ultrasonic vevors . Had them a couple years now for a vintage tractor restore Im doing. Fantastic! I just bought a vevor mobile spray booth, $65! Great range of gear.
Pro tip. Get the biggest one. You can do small jobs in small glass containers, the ultrasonic wave goes throught it more effective than plastic containers.
Pro tip 2. When doing that, use distilled water for the large body of fluid. No rust.
Pro tip 3. Vevor make the best 3lt distiller on the market.
Fkn handy as!
Glad you finally caught up John. 👍
I've been using a small one for bicycle and small engine parts for some time now. I have different cleaning solutions in 400gm coffee jars for different applications. This keeps the fluid in the main tank clean. When the liquids in the jars get grotty I filter the solutions through coffee filters for extended use with little to dispose.
"To cut against the grain of entropy." Really nicely said. I'm stealing that phrase, by the way.
Have one and love it. When cleaning small stuff put the item in a glass jar or other container with cleaner and fill the ultrasonic cleaner with regular water that way you don't have to clean the whole machine for a tiny chainsaw carburetor or a fuel injector. Gasoline works the best as far i have seen. Also don't run the ultrasonic cleaner half filled with water, always to the fill line, it'll burn out.
I use these ALOT in the machine shop where I work. Absolutely spot on video. Yes, please take us a a voyage of repair.
To achieve maximum ultrasonic energy use only with warm water and chemical in the recommended dosage, energy is lost in cold water.
Don't forget to degas the water first!
The heating pads on the outside of the tank (housed internally) are not designed for heating the water up, they are to simply keep the water close to the set temperature.
The components fixed to the tank that distribute the ultrasonic energy are known as transducers, the ultrasonic generator is actually an electronic card.
Whatever you do! Don't power up the ultrasonic bath without water in it, as it will create a fire risk or at very least dis-colour the inside of the bath.
As usual John good Job! I don't mean to sound like a smart ass, I just worked with these in the medical industry for many years. Cheers!
My small 2lt. ultrasonic has done so many fountain pens, watch/clock parts and odds and end...... I wouldn't be without it, GREAT REVIEW J.C.
I’ve had mine for a couple of years, bought the 2 liter model and will probably buy a 4 liter sometime in the future. For smaller parts, I put the part and the cleaner in a glass jar and fill around it with clean water. Saves on cleaning solution and the Basket and tub stay clean. Wheel bearings, jewelry, carb parts, corroded plumbing, misting nozzles all come out like new. Glass seems to work better than plastic jars. Kerosene, diesel, or vinegar(not at the same time) are my favorite cleaning agents. Occasionally a diluted muriatic acid solution on rusted parts with a vinegar rinse afterwards. Mine has paid for itself in saved parts. Except with vinegar, I don’t use the heat. Probably takes longer but I don’t trust Chinese controls with possible overheating and flammable solutions
Vevor also have jewellery tumblers that come in handy for prepping small parts like screws and bolts for nickel plating. With mixed stainless pellets and water I add a hand full of clean sand and half a teaspoon of tetrasodium pyrophosphate. Parts will have a satin/glass bead blast finish to them ready for plating.
Thanks John , I've been eyeing these off for awhile now . Great overview. I'll definitely get one now. Cheers 👍
Brilliant. Got my small 3L unit. Works very well and now getting a 15L. Thumbs up.
Great video, John. I was especially impressed with the handy hints at the end. I'll bear that in mind once I eventually buy or build my own ultrasonic cleaner.
When I had to replace my intake manifold gasket I got the 2L Vevor to clean my fuel injectors, using Sea Foam in a ZipLock. Made sure the inside of eacj injector was filled with Sea Foam by activating then while submerged. Came out looking brand new and all flowed really well.
I just ordered a small one for doing my diesel injectors. Could put entire cylinder heads in the big one but they cost a bit too much for me right now.
Great video, John. I've looked at the Vevor ultrasonic cleaners and am impressed with them. Based on your review, I might just have to get one. I have used a smaller one for a carburetor and it did a fantastic job. Keep up the great work.
In the early 1970's I was an apprentice horologist (watch maker) we used a toluene based degreaser in the ultrasonic cleaner machine, this was a swiss made machine which at that time cost around four hundred pounds. It was so powerful that on one occasion I put some clock parts in it and went for lunch forgetting to turn it off, when I got back an hour later the ultrasonic machine and degreaser had eaten holes right through some of the brass gears.
There’s an episode of Malcom in The Middle. The old man has a tree mulcher. Doing the garden, he is. Kids basket ball bounces in. Instant shred. Anyway next thing you know the three boys and the dad are lobbing everything into it and having a laugh.
That’s how I imagine John has gone with these ultrasonic cleaners. He’s going all over the house looking for stuff to clean. His jocks. In they go. The cat. In it goes. A banana, just for laughs. In it goes.
And for reference: th-cam.com/video/QAHfqS5OEhU/w-d-xo.html
This is closer to the truth than you know...
thanks for that link, very funny.
These things are fantastic and not expensive. I use diluted Simple Green in mine, works great!
When not being used for car parts, for my wife's gold jewellery, I use 1 part ammonia to 5 parts warm water with a few drops of dishwasher liquid in the ultrasonic. Using a suspended plastic coated wire to support the jewellery in mid solution.
Hey John.
I was lucky enough to get an old Granville lathe given to me recently. I’d love to see some machining stuff done.
Great work as always.
@1:06 John reminds me of a former co-worker (he'd only been divorced twice, though), who shared the following piece of wisdom with me:
Why is divorce so expensive? Because it is *worth it*.
I bought an ultrasonic cleaner and it is legit very bloody cool.
I bought a little one to clean fuel injectors rigged up to an injector pulse tester. It’s awesome. One of these fancy Vevor ones would leave it for dead I recon.
Hi , i have a 5l one for cleaning flux etc in my silver Smithing workshop , does a great job
and saves a heap of time !
Thanks for the discount code JC - just ordered the 3L unit.
I have owned an ultrasonic cleaner for a couple of years and like you, I really rate it. I end up using mine for all sorts of jobs around the house and not just fat cave work.
I've got two now. Want to get a 3rd that will fit a cylinder head! Yes - I'm warped and twisted and ENJOY cleaning stuff! Buddy gave me some end mills from his dads estate that had been left sitting and they'd (lightly) rusted. After cleaning them, there was this massive rush of satisfaction that rolled over me. :)
Nice. Love the content, love the humor, love the results! that's a subscribe!
Nice review John 😀😃.
I have a 30l ultrasonic bath; I bought that size because i can fit fairly large printed circuit boards into it. It's a real pain in the bum to store, however. A proper trolley for the cleaner and chemicals is on the list. Ultrasonic cleaning is great for the Minister of War's jewellery, too.
The heaters in these are small wattage so slow to heat up. So to speed life up - half fill a kettle and boil, top up with cold water so becomes a kettle full of water at 50C. Use that to get a head start..
Loving the Fat Cave vids. Something for everyone John. Looking forward to the vice rebuilds when time permits.
Basic filter and you catch most of the things you don’t need, and fluid is good to go for many an adventure
Great video's and good explanations...
Brilliant Interesting video enjoyed it to the end
When you were talking I was thinking just how bad, how bad, how bad must it feel when the machine stops working? I guess to find out I need to buy one!
Thanks I was looking at those. I've got a Vevor distiller for CPAP water and it was cheap and works great.
Fill the ultrasonic cleaner with water, put your parts in a jar or zip lock bag with the de-greaser of your choice. This will save your cleaner and wont dirty the machine.
Long time Ultrasonic User , a tea ball holds small parts . Avoid corrosive cleaners when cleaning carbs that may sit after rebuild
These units are a godsend on carburettors !!
I need to buy one for this exact purpose, can you recommend medium-low cost option?
@@csedan510 There are plenty of cheap options around, the brand I use is no longer made, but there are others.
Shame I can’t post pics. They are miracle workers on brake callipers. To reduce fluid use and to use nasty chemicals I use only water and then a ziplock bag for the parts with stronger solvents in the bag. Plastic jars also are good. Glass is better at transmitting the vibrations but glass can break. The toothbrush is not redundant though as the more caked a part is the easier it is if you remove what you can first. And for that electric toothbrush is the go.
Yeah - the Ziploc trick works a treat.
It’s safer way of using petrol etc. a bath full of petrol is major hazard but in a bag vapour is controlled so risk is reduced. Carbs love petrol for cleaning. The electric toothbrush is a great little tool. I’d love to get a head with some wire instead of a brush head but no doubt some muppet would use it on their teeth and then sue someone.
You clean my world, John.
Yeah. I get that a lot.
Bought my wife an ultrasonic jewellery cleaner, has had carbie parts in it, brilliant, just not big enough at 1 litre
The 10L one is really practical for the home shop.
I started with a Chinese ultrasonic to see what they were like.
I went to Repco and got a 6 ltr tradequip ultrasonic. For about 1200 , and Ive been flooding it for 2 years . Switch it on in the morning set the heat to 80 and leave it on all day as a
.hot tank, and run everything that will fit through it ..
I have one like your smaller tank on top. Works as good as the Fisher Scientific ones I used in industrial labs.
I got the 10L one, haven't bought the expensive solution yet so tried dish soap. It worked ok
Just a tip, try not to have pets close by, they go nuts with the sound as in they dislike it lots.
Simple Green makes a good medium, and diluted, is not expensive.
@@kenpickett9317 Ballistol is non-toxic. Or you could just soak stuff in diesel fuel. Lighter oils strip heavier oils.
I think I have some simple green left from around 20 years ago, never thought of using that. Thanks for the reminder kenpickett.
Floycewhite I wonder how diesel would go with ultrasonics,
We used a huge one in one of my military units to clean weapons parts. So much better than cleaning rods, brushes, blah, blah, blah. Felt like cheating at first, but we quickly got over it.
So what 'actually' transpired here is John clicked on what he thought was a hot tub...
Thanks. I’ve always wondered if they were snake oil
I`ve got a few old vices too. Drinking , gambling , coveting thy neighbours wife etc etc.
These are some of the best value based ultra-sonic cleaners we keep one with purple power and and one with clr for corrosion.
My 3ltr vevor us cleaner came with a tea ball basket for holding small parts. I work on lawn equipment and portable generators and do lots of carburetor cleaning !! For solution just hot water and Dawn dishwashing liquid.
Been using one for over ten years with Alconox, great stuff
Alconox I used back in the 1990s for cleaning epoxy off of materials.
I use cleaning vinegar to degrease and remove rust with mine, works great. I boil the vinegar on my kitchen stove beforehand. Have had one bad experience with a Vevor product though. A 30 gallon diesel transfer tank. Lost 20 gallons of farm diesel before I realized it had a bad weld. Easy enough fix so no biggy other than the lost fuel.
Yes. I also use it with Evaporust. It works great there. At 35 c and the 30 minute time it gets all of the rust off everything. If the rust is ready deep in spots, I turn it on for another 15 minutes and that’s it. Normally, Evaporust takes 24 to 48 hours, so this is a great way to do it NOW, not the next day or two.
Some advice. If there’s a lot of dirt, grease and other crap as well as rust, clean off the grease and junk in the ultra sonic with cleaner first, then, after rinsing out the cleaner, use Evaporust.
I never use acid based cleaners for rust. I don’t know why people do that other than it’s cheaper than Evaporust. But acid will dissolve the good metal as well as the rust. So you’ll ruin any precision surfaces. Evaporust tend to not affect any unrusted areas. Particularly with the short times these ultrasonic cleaners work in.
I worked for a company which made film cleaning machine, for 35mm Cinema films. As an optional extra they fitted Ultra sonic cleaning heads. We never found out how affective these were as no matter what dirt grease, etc we put on the film it was cleaned of before reaching the ultra sonics. 😁😁👍👍✔✔
How was they cleaned, was the films self cleaning?
I use water in my ultrasonic cleaner but I put the parts that need cleaned in a sealed bag of degreaser submerged in the water in the ultrasonic cleaner .
I'll definitely have to do some more trial and error practice, with differing solvents. So far, mine (10L) has achieved a good amount of SFA.
Glass coffee jar with petrol and parts into the ultrasonic bath, incredible results
I use a Vevor ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner - and it’s great
EDIT: To save reading (TL/DR) I bought the 15 litre...
I'm revisiting this video (and a few other reviews) because I'm in a position to buy one now, and I'm trying to figure out a tank size that would suit me. I measured the biggest thing that I currently have that would benefit from this type of cleaning, an 80-year-old deep-blade cane knife. To fully submerge it I'd need the 30-litre, but I could get away with a 15-litre because the blade is just under 40cm long, and about 15cm at its deepest section. Given that's probably the largest thing I'd want to clean, I will probably go for the 15-litre. Most of the other stuff I want to clean for myself is spanners and sockets that were my father's in the 70s. I could also branch out and offer an injector cleaning service maybe.
I love ultrasonic cleaners and the cheap ones available to consumers now. They aren't as good as the pro-grade cleaner at the motorcycle shop I worked at, but give parts 30 minutes vs 15 minutes and choose an ideal cleaner and you're good to go.
Don't forget to check that the metallic body is grounded
Nice. I use mine for my diesel injector tips. Those nozzle ports are smaller than a human hair. I fill the bath with water and put seafoam in a glass jar with the injector tip and internals. Keeps the bath clean and the injectors come out like new.
As a former toolmaker with a fat cave full of precision machines it would be good to see you doing some machining JC.
30 years ago that thing was soo expensive like it was so rare small city 50 000 people had have 2-3 those things. And it was soo critical to clean "K" injection system on 2nd gen golf GTI or mercedes 190.
Also cleaners were tiny, like 400ml or 1 L tiny.
Now every garage dude have 10 L one😂😂
I purchased my first commercial ultrasonic cleaner in 1999. It was 400L capacity and cost over $30k. Back then i had to develop our own chemistry for it which is still available today. The main key factors for performance are the temperature and frequency used but if these machines are a reasonable price i would like to try one to see how they stack up to commercial machine's.
I doubt you'll get the the same quality or longevity....
Looks like no shipping to the US for these, but I've been threatening to get an ultrasonic cleaner for a while now. Don't want to get burned with some Chinesium though.
BTW, just a heads up on the WD-40. I learned by experience that it actually does a good job of removing any oils from tools, then all evaporating away, leaving me with rusty tools! It's ok for the short term, but not for the long term. Now I wipe stuff down with an oily rag to protect from rust.
I have a 3 litre version, wishing I had a 30 litre version, currently rebuilding a 235,000 klm ls1 v8, low speed , town car, never fanged, and valvoline oil, lots of carbon and gunk. Pistons and there ring groves carboned up, two pistons at a time two 30 minute session, super cheap auto concentrate degreaser, came out like brand new and didn’t need the ring grove cleaner I had purchased.
Lifters, pushrods, valves, con rods, all the bolts. This worked better than my caustic and cold bath acids ever did back when I owned my engine reconditioning shop, while cleaning the block, crank and cam, I just let the ultrasonic bath do it’s thing.
Cleaning fuel injectors with two eBay injector pulsed units and some injector cleaner, they also came out like brand new and now have the perfect spray pattern. So many different applications , cleaning up your tools. Electronic circuit boards and switches.
Love my unit, now to buy a bigger one , 10 litres maybe
When I bought my 30L velor ultrasonic cleaner it come with a warning to have an electrician rectify a bad earth problem before using the cleaner to avoid a possible electric shock .
Oliver Anthony - Rich men north of Richmond, you'll love it. I think...I hope.
All you need now John is one of those de-rusting laser + vacuum setups and you'll be good 👌
A de-rusting laser-vacuum sounds quite nice...
I've got some old vices too....
Getting studs off and so on.
Ziploc mesh bags?
Good gear those Ultrasonic baths, brothers a mechanic and has a bigger one to clean up cylinder heads and such and definitely does a damn good job getting all the carbon and sludge out of all the nooks and ports.
Cylinder heads and inlet manifolds are otherwise notoriously hard to clean.
I believe tupperware-type containers are less effective. Something about the plastic absorbing the ultrasonic waves. I have two smaller US cleaners (1 is a jewlery cleaner) & I just use old soup tins for small parts (mower/trimmer carbs etc..) fill with petrol and stick the tin into the US cleaner (which is filled with water).
Might consider running the cleaning solution through a coffee filter to remove the chunks of debris. I'm going to get one of those ultrasonics but haven't yet decisded on the size I need. I wonder if these would remove burned grease from glass and metal baking pans.
I picked up a 10L model but didn't trust all those fancy digital electronic controls to keep working so I got the old style ticking time bomb version with a little bell that dings when it's done. I've had it about a month and when I turned it on last weekend I noticed that I didn't hear the annoying high pitch whining sound (from the transducers not from my wife). I opened it up and there are 3 identical circuit boards that each drive 2 transducers. Two of the boards had a blown 5 amp slo blow fuse on them. I ordered a big box of them from China for $10 and I'll just treat them as consumables and solder them on as needed.
My son found out you have to be careful with aluminum. He had some mountain bike parts and too harsh of a solvent, and it ate a bit of them off.
thank john bought the 15L using the code.
Have you tried to get the jaws off after you ran it through the USC. I found that it's also really good for loosening belligerent fasteners.
You've been married as many times as Dog the Bounty Hunter.
He would get more roots than Dog the bounty hunter.
I was going for 10 wives, but the current one seems like a keeper.
Another dream vanquished...
Even a second marriage is a triumph of hope over experience.
The definition of insanity is repeating an act and expecting a different result.
John - can you use it on plastics? I am needing to unclog a plastic inlet manifold (thanks to EGR).
John, can you do a video on fixing the vice? I've used the super expensive castcraft welding rods on cast cracks before but I'd love to seeyou braze that little dawn up. Let's see the milling too.
OK.
On welding cast iron: although it can be done, occasionally, I think it's usually a 'fail'.
@@AutoExpertJC it’s a barstard of a thing and you have to do it very slowly. I was taught how to do it at TAFE, but the rods used to be about $15 each
Preheat important.
Yes, plus slow cooling, maybe some peening, and composition of the CI also matters. Grey CI is difficult/impossible.
@@AutoExpertJC I had a broken CI part of my Bridgeport fixed with puddle welding.
Off topic. thoughts on BYD Blade Batteries ?
Have u tried dry ice blasting?
But at the end of the cleaning, there will be another concern which would be... the disposal of the waste (WHICH WAS USED IN SOME WASHES)
4:20 I'll have a large chips, 2 fish, 2 dimmies and 3 potato cakes. Thanks.
I put the small parts in magnetic parts trays and throw the whole thing in the ultrasonic
Great tip - thanks.
Use one to clean all my vinyl rekkids. 10% 99% Isopropyl alcohol, a few drops of Illfords/Foto Flow and some distilled water. Outstanding results.
It's fun to stick a dirty mechanics finger in too... quite the buzz.
I’m thinking about grabbing VEVOR Ultrasonic Cleaner 2L off Amazon for cleaning gold jewelry is this a good brand
I asked my wife what she wanted for Valentines Day, she said, "a divorce", I said I wasn't planning on spending that much.
I tried to re-marry my ex. She said I only wanted her for my money.
Larry the cable guy joke😂
We're here all night folks!
Thanks. They will get a couple of orders from me.
John, you would be surprised how much gunk comes out of your spectacles if you US clean them, Squeeky clean and ready for a new RainX treatment.
When my safety specs get green and brown I take them to my local optometrist who ultrasonic cleans them for free.
The trouble with the ultrasonic is the solution. Finding a solution that doesn’t damage aluminium/zinc is rather difficult add to that some remove paint and also most detergent based degreasers will cause rust in immersion. So really you need dedicated ultrasonic fluid like simple green aviation but they are expensive.
Hornady sonic gun cleaner, deionized water, Ballistol.
hey John - great review. Whats your takem on Methyl Ethyl Ketone for use with these cleaners?
Actually, I don't have a 'take' on that...
Avoid MEK as a cleaner. Other materials work just as well. I used to work on an epoxy making plant. MEK is prime components of PVC glue.
How much power consumption do they use? And thanks for this video. I've always wanted to know about these.
10L - 240W
30L - 600W
@@awakenotwoke1973 Thank you very much.
I need one to clean my diesel injectors.
I heard somewhere that you can fill the tub with water ant put the parts in a zip bag with the cleaner in it to save on cleaning fluid. I dont have a US cleaner though so I can't test that hypothesis.
Ok you took that up. note to self, watch the whole video. You can put small parts like jets etc in a tea strainer of some description to so long as you are filling the machine with working fluid anyway.
Show us your milling machine.
🎶 It’s ultrasonic, it’s GREASE LIGHTNING 🎵