Cleanin' biners...Ultrasonic?

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Cleanin\' biners...Ultrasonic?

I was thinking an ultrasonic cleaner could be a great way to efficiently deep clean carabiners? Just throw em in, set it and forget it! Thoughts? Concerns? If they can clean all the intricate parts and ports on carbs, should be great for climbing hardware with moving parts.
 
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If you find a cheap ultrasonic you could go into business cleaning biners! No reason it won't work, it doesn't damage jewelry, or carbs, as you say.
 
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Harbor Freight BABY!!!! They have a cheapo for small auto parts. Would need to use a mild solution IE simple green I would guess. Tom, you mentioned a lubricant other than powdered graphite you like earlier last year, what was it?
 
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, set it and forget it! Thoughts? Concerns?

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Be a little careful ..... ultrasonic bathes put a lot of energy into the cleaning solution, which will heat it up ! The solution will eventually get very hot !

Some biners have plastic internal friction reducing parts. (e.g. some CT, & other biners)

Don't turn it on & forget it !

Ciao for Now !
Greg
 
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Tom, you mentioned a lubricant other than powdered graphite you like earlier last year, what was it?

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This is my fav:

Teflon liquid

It flows into gear and doesn't leave a residue. Make sure that you find stuff that doesn't use an oil as a carrier.
 
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Warm water and ivory soap works wonders, just leave soaking...and voila the magic happens...had a very sticky petzl " O " and it's fine now after it's bath and rinse never a prob since...I hear dudes talking mineral oil...might try that out....
 
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Mineral oil seems very thin from what I can remember and I believe there is no residue either...not quite sure but a little research might prove useful...
 
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I have used a ultrasonic cleaner for my eye-glasses, watches etc. It is very effective and fast (3min cycle). A little warm water and some soap and it cleans like magic. There is no heating (boiling) of the water, don't worry.

I have also used the cleaner on some sprayer tips with great success.
 
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On the day before gear inspection at Geezers I was climbing in cold rain. When I went through gear inspection the crud in some of my biners was causing the gates to hang up. When I got back to the motel I used some shampoo along with hot water to rinse them. While we went for dinner I left them to soak in the ice bucket. Five biners were hanging up, three came clean with just the soaking and many gate snaps to clean out the crud. I had to wash up the sink! A little graphite from Rich Hattier the next day got the three biners approved. The rest will be cleaned later.
 
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Mineral oil seems very thin from what I can remember and I believe there is no residue either...not quite sure but a little research might prove useful...

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There is a lot of residual left from mineral oil.
It does not easily evaporate.

It is frequently used to pretreat kitchen cutting boards, because it penetrates the wood & stays there, to keep other greases etc. from adhering.

Not sure how it would effect biner internal plastic parts.
 
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There you go let me ditch this mineral oil idea...but the ivory soak in warm water stays with a little graphite next time....never used graphite but will get some from Luke...
 
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I use a citrus based cleaner and then just work the action of whatever it is you happen to be cleaning. Started doing it with cams for rock climbing 10 years ago and have never had an issue. Make sure you use some sort of lube after cleaning though, (I suggest graphite, anything wax based will attract grime like a magnet) or your gear will start to wear much faster.
 
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