Ultrasonic Cleaner: thumbs up

I have been using one for over a year, now. I dump the whole airbrush in and never had a problem. I have teflon seals, also. Liquids I have used are Mineral Spirits and water. I just do my usual quick clean (blow through laquer, MS or whatever i am painting with) to change colors. Then at the end of the night I put the airbrush in the cleaner and take it out in the morning. Even when I think the airbrush is clean this thing still finds more. Well worth the investment and really makes cleaning a whole lot easier.

Below is the url for the Sonic Wave CD 2800 Ultrasonic Cleaner: 29.98$

http://www.amazon.com/CD-2800-Ultrasonic-Jewelry-Eyeglass-Cleaner/dp/B001DKDAVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=jewelry&qid=1283480424&sr=8-1

Heard alot of good stuff on the dutch modelling forums about ultrasonic cleaning machines. One guy even said that goo will come out of your airbrush even if it's very well maintained but i don't have any first person experience with them.

Guess you can indeed put the metal parts of your airbrush in it as long as you remove the rubber rings and stuff. Again from hearsay.

$30? Makes me wanna fire up ebay... Thought they were lots and lots more expensive...

Richard

Never thought of using an ultrasonic cleaner to clean the crud out of mixing cups and bottles. Hmm...

Also...any thoughts about literally dunking the (disassembled) front end of an airbrush into the tank? My Iwata's been acting up, and while I can disassemble the nozzle, tip, needle etc, the paint cup and needle/paint channel are literally part of the airbrush. No way to separate them, but I think something like this could really help with cleaning the gunk out of them.

And lastly...know anywhere to buy one of these in person? 

I use my rotary tool all the time.

As for the cleaner, I took a look at amazon, but the one you speak of is hella lot more expensive than $30 right now. They have another one for that price range. Been wondering about this for a while though.

What is this Simple Green you speak of?