Cleaning Gold - Aldi Ultrasonic Cleaner

Ultrasonic Cleaner ,on sale at ALDI .Sat. 04 FEB,
$25.
Regards,Bill.

Thanks Bunter
Just wondering what state are you in for the special...?

Ant

ANT 1967
I am in Bendigo Vic.
Regards Bill,

Thanks Bill



Anthony

Cheers Bill, wanted one for ages.

Thanks for posting that I was looking at the Jaycar one but it is $70.

Have a look at this review of the Aldi Unit.

They use it to clean bullet casings. They add a squirt of dishwashing liquid as per the manuals instructions but also add 1tsp Cream of Tartar to the water in the unit.

http://www.shooting.com.au/forum/index.php?/topic/10587-review-visage-aldi-ultrasonic-cleaner/

Word of warning dont put anything made of aluminium into an ultrasonic cleaner.

They use this to test the effectiveness of the cleaner as it will break down the aluminium.

Here is an example of the test being carried out using aluminium foil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBVlIoLULk&feature=related.

I purchased a Visage Ultrasonic cleaner from Aldi in the Chadstone shopping centre, Victoria on Saturday 10th November.

They have the units on special at the moment for $18.00.

Regards
Ray

will it eat away the quartz ?

Tha Aldi Ultrasonic cleaner is a small light duty cleaner and I would not even try to use it to remove quartz or ironstone from gold as a first step in the cleaning process. I bought it mainly for cleaning old coins.

It may be useful as a final clean of nuggets after first using acid as described in other posts on this forum such as https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t1309-cleaning-nuggets

thanks for the link

cheers gold finding