Get some cheap plastic bowls that will just fit in the cleaner tank, put the
brass and cleaning solution in the bowl, put the bowl in the tank, and fill
the tank with water to the full mark. Run for a month or two until you
decide the inside of that bowl is getting rough, toss it, and repeat. I
save 1-3 lb margarine tubs, coolwhip tubs, whatever (and have asked friends
to give me theirs on occasion), both to use as cereal bowls and to use in my
ultrasonic cleaner. Yes, you lose just a smidge of cleaning power but the
stainless steel tank will now last "forever" :-).

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Carl Ijames carl.ijames aat deletethis verizon dott net

"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
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A friend is cleaning brass prior to reloading in an ultrasonic cleaner
using an old formula-

1 qt H20
1 cup vinegar
1 Tsp salt
1 Tsp soap

Seems like a couple of the pans have corroded through on different
brands of unit- destroying the ultrasonic cleaner. The brass should
not be in contact with the pan (there's a stainless basket, or plastic
in the 3rd one he's trying).

Any reason why this would happen? There's not that much difference
between (presumably 400-series) stainless and brass on the
electrochemical series.

Thanks for any leads..

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Spehro Pefhany
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