Yeah,I bought one. Watched a lot of videos on YouTube before buying.

Will use "Simple Green ProHD" to clean things. It's said to be safe on aluminum. There's also an aviation blend which is endorsed by Boeing and for obvious reasons more expensive.

It's a 2.5L model and I've already been asked why I needed one so large. They say "You're gonna fill it up and throw some small piece in it. What a waste."

The answer to that is to fill the tank with plain water up to the level you need to be over the pieces being cleaned. Use a jar or some container that will hold the dirty pieces and fill with enough cleaning solution to cover the parts. You might have to put a weight on the jar to hold it down but when done the parts will be clean and you're left with not having to clean the tank before next use.

I figure I'll field strip some of my semis and see how it works. It can't do any worse of a job than I've been doing.

I wonder what it would do to a hotdog?

One of those little tea leaf strainers to put small parts in.

I have the small Hornady one and I use it all the time. I just use the Hornady solution. It turned my AR BCG bright pink but I think I was using brass cleaner. I didn't know if the metallurgy was altered so I threw it out.

As for cleaning brass, I prefer the wet tumbler.

A sonic cleaner makes a thorough cleaning of an MP5 much easier.

What unit did you get? "Enquiring minds need to know"?

Simple Green is great stuff. sMixed up very mild, it's a great general cleaner. Mixed strong (50/50 or thereabouts) it is a very strong degreaser. I used about a 60/40 mix (40 parts SG) to clean the baked-on oil from my small diesel tractor motor. Warmed engine for a few minues then sprayed the mix on and watched the oil run off An unusual succes with it was to clean off old adhesive from vinyl tape. My hearing aids came with a small key-ring container for spare batteries but the latch was unreliable so I put a strip of white electrician's tape over it, which eventually got dirty and gooey, and the container was also dirty. Made up a medium mix of SG and left it to soak over night. Spotless in the morning.

Have never used it on guns, but I don't doubt it would work really well on oils and some greases, although maybe not moly. I bet it would work as a degreaser before bluing, though.

I have no experience with treating hot dogs, but gut instinct says, "Just don't go there!"

While I have several gallons of Simple Green and use it on many household items (works well), I would not personally use a water soluble product on firearms. Maybe I'm just too old fashioned but to me water = rust possibility. I clean every gun every time it gets shot - unless I intend on using it a few hours later or on a hunt the very next day. Even so - I will at least wipe it down with a Flannel Rag treated with my favorite gun oil.

After 55 years of gun cleaning, I don't have any issues with traditional cleaning products and methods. Just use some Nitrile Gloves and do so in a well ventilated place. Like I said, I am old fashioned!

I just used my HF sonicator to clean up my brass. Works like a champ.

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Bought the machine through Harbor Freight. See picture below. The directions on the SG ProHD jug shows a 1-3 ratio of solution to water for strongest suggested mixture. It stays at 1cup SG but more cups water for milder solutions.

The unit heats the solution to 140 degrees and gives 5 preset times of operation. Users on YouTube use compressed air to blow out most of the moisture on the parts. Common sense should be your guide. I would be hesitant to drop a whole disassembled semi in there but a revolver should do okay.

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Glued in sight components such as tritium vials or gold dots would give me pause.

Be careful with anodized aluminum. I stripped the finish off a fishing reel spool using mine.

Friend of mine that owns a gun shop has a huge ultrasonic cleaner. Works very well.

OP, you will need a separate tub or container to put the parts into after using the ultrasonic cleaner. Use an ultrasonic gun oil to soak the parts to displace water. After you can use compressed air. Compressed air alone will not remove all water.

If you don’t, guess what?

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In my ten plus years using US cleaners this has not been an issue.

That's good to know.

It might be a novel idea for some but here goes...

Always follow the directions and test a small area if in doubt.

For guns, I blew off all the water I could with compressed air, then soaked them in the oil bath. For cartridge cases, I just rinsed them with tap water and let them dry.