My 1st Ultrasonic Cleaning (1 Viewer)

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When your temp starts to drop too much, you can just turn on the transducers for a bit with no chips in. That energy will heat the water.

 

[v1pe]

Thoughts on filtered water? We have two giant pitcher filters that we use for drinking water. Would that work as well as distilled?

I think it largely depends on your tap water. I personally never use distilled water, but we have very clean, low mineral/addative water in my area (they don't even add flouride ).

I've tried distilled and didn't notice any difference. I think that the solution, temp, and agitation method are greater contributors.

 

[saleen121212]

Maybe I'll try both and see if there is any difference

 

[allforcharity]

Yeah, basically 1 tbsp. of metasilicates per litre of water. I have a 6L unit and I usually fill it to 3L, so 3 tbsp. powder used. I keep temp around 43C. With the 3L water level and a good size salad spinner I can do 40, maybe 50 chips at a time, up to 2+ minutes for filthy (and I mean FILTHY) Paulsons. Most times can get 40 chips done in 60-90 seconds. I don't constantly roll the spinner, I let it sit for 7-8 seconds at a time before doing a half spin, repeated.

Always wear hand and eye protection.

 

[saleen121212]

Just did 1100 chips in about 2 hours. I'm a slow guy. Worked great. Did 40 to 41c, 3ish liters water, 2 scoops of lundmark tsp and the spinner. I ran it on 2 minute cycles, letting the chips sit in the Salad spinner for first 15 seconds, then spinning for around 1 minute slowly, then the last 45ish seconds keeps the water hot and moving while I drained and transfered to a rinse bowl, reloaded and hit start again. Shocked at how well the chips came out for such little effort.


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Just did 1100 chips in about 2 hours. I'm a slow guy. Worked great. Did 40 to 41c, 3ish liters water, 2 scoops of lundmark tsp and the spinner. I ran it on 2 minute cycles, letting the chips sit in the Salad spinner for first 15 seconds, then spinning for around 1 minute slowly, then the last 45ish seconds keeps the water hot and moving while I drained and transfered to a rinse bowl, reloaded and hit start again. Shocked at how well the chips came out for such little effort.

Awesome. Looks great!

 

[allforcharity]

Yeah, if you[re working by yourself doing about 40 chips at a time, my average rate is about 500-600 chips per hour.

 

[DoubleEagle]

Just did 1100 chips in about 2 hours. I'm a slow guy. Worked great. Did 40 to 41c, 3ish liters water, 2 scoops of lundmark tsp and the spinner. I ran it on 2 minute cycles, letting the chips sit in the Salad spinner for first 15 seconds, then spinning for around 1 minute slowly, then the last 45ish seconds keeps the water hot and moving while I drained and transfered to a rinse bowl, reloaded and hit start again. Shocked at how well the chips came out for such little effort.


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How did the salad spinner work for you? I had a problem with them falling out into the tank.

 

[allforcharity]

How did the salad spinner work for you? I had a problem with them falling out into the tank.

My salad spinner with lid attached is just wide enough to fit sideways in the cleaner, so chips rarely fall out.

 

[DoubleEagle]

My salad spinner with lid attached is just wide enough to fit sideways in the cleaner, so chips rarely fall out.

Lol. That could be my problem. I didn’t use the lid.

 

[saleen121212]

Lol. That could be my problem. I didn’t use the lid.

Ya this. I used the lid haha

 

[Bulldog]

Wow! They look amazing. Thanks for posting the cleaner you used. Going to look into it.

 

[Bulldog]

The more I look into this cleaning process....the more I want to try it.

 

[MrCatPants]

I just did it myself yesterday. It's pretty easy overall, and definitely very efficient for the results.

 

[Lemonzest]

Lol. That could be my problem. I didn’t use the lid.

Lol I did the same thing and the chips kept falling out... lol im slow.

 

[Lemonzest]

The more I look into this cleaning process....the more I want to try it.

If you have ever tried to clean chips by hand the TSP + salad spinner + ultrasonic is pure magic and very fun as well.

 

[allforcharity]

If you have ever tried to clean chips by hand the TSP + salad spinner + ultrasonic is pure magic and very fun as well.

"Fun" is not the operative word I would use here. Once you've cleaned your 20,000th chip, you'll see what I mean.

 

[DoubleEagle]

I just did it myself yesterday. It's pretty easy overall, and definitely very efficient for the results.

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Did the rack marks come off in the ultrasonic?

 

[MrCatPants]

Did the rack marks come off in the ultrasonic?

No, had to magic eraser those as others have mentioned. With some scrubbing I was able to get almost all of them completely off, with the exception of rack marks that were cuts/dents in the chips - those indentations are still there on a few chips, but in the way that I'll be the only one that ever notices them. Most of my guys probably won't even realize we're using new chips in our cash game occasionally.