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Using ultrasonic unit to apply lubricant
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 4:57 pm
by mark poulson
Has anyone here used an ultrasonic cleaning unit to reapply a lubricant, like corrision X, to a bearing after cleaning it?
Re: Using ultrasonic unit to apply lubricant
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 5:14 pm
by Slazmo
Well you'd definitely get it into every nook and cranny - just wondering how the ultrasonics would go in a more viscous medium even if by just that much...
So for this applicable process would be - wash out, dry, ultrasonics application of oil, removal and dry off excess oil.
How much benefit would it be over normal application though?
Re: Using ultrasonic unit to apply lubricant
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 5:23 pm
by mark poulson
Slazmo wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 5:14 pm
Well you'd definitely get it into every nook and cranny - just wondering how the ultrasonics would go in a more viscous medium even if by just that much...
So for this applicable process would be - wash out, dry, ultrasonics application of oil, removal and dry off excess oil.
How much benefit would it be over normal application though?
That's what I was wondering too. But a really thin lubricant, like corrosion X, might be easier and faster to apply with one.
Then again, I may just be suffering from keyboard dementia. Hahaha
Re: Using ultrasonic unit to apply lubricant
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 6:44 pm
by ShimanoFan
mark poulson wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 5:23 pm
But a really thin lubricant, like corrosion X, might be easier and faster to apply with one.
Then again, I may just be suffering from keyboard dementia. Hahaha
To answer the op's question- no.
And how would it be faster? I can put some X in a bearing in seconds without getting up out of my seat to walk to the ultrasonic cleaner. I can be done with the bearing before I could ever reach the cleaner... and then have to remove the cleaner liquid and replace it with how much X to do this small simple job? No way Jose!
A good air hose would suffice and be done in seconds. No need to waste a ton of lubricant for such a small simple job. Way overkill... and completely unnecessary in my ever so humble opinion.
Besides, I am not going through the time and trouble to do all that liquid changing in any ultrasonic cleaner!
A keyboard cowboy with keyboard dementia! I like it.
Re: Using ultrasonic unit to apply lubricant
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 6:21 am
by mark poulson
ShimanoFan wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 6:44 pm
mark poulson wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 5:23 pm
But a really thin lubricant, like corrosion X, might be easier and faster to apply with one.
Then again, I may just be suffering from keyboard dementia. Hahaha
To answer the op's question- no.
And how would it be faster? I can put some X in a bearing in seconds without getting up out of my seat to walk to the ultrasonic cleaner. I can be done with the bearing before I could ever reach the cleaner... and then have to remove the cleaner liquid and replace it with how much X to do this small simple job? No way Jose!
A good air hose would suffice and be done in seconds. No need to waste a ton of lubricant for such a small simple job. Way overkill... and completely unnecessary in my ever so humble opinion.
Besides, I am not going through the time and trouble to do all that liquid changing in any ultrasonic cleaner!
A keyboard cowboy with keyboard dementia! I like it.
That makes perfect sense. Thanks