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With too much time on my hands now, I unearth this thread to bring up a distant future issue:
How to clean heavily-used CPCs (if I live enough to use them that much, especially the bright whites)?
Is an ultra-sonic cleaner appropriate?
Dawn is safe (and effective) on Burt/ASM/CPC chips, as is Simple Green. A stiff plastic bristle brush helps minimize the manual labor required. Water temp should not be so hot that you cannot keep your hands submerged comfortably.
Dawn generates too much suds to be used in an ultrasonic cleaner, but I have no idea about Simple Green's foaming tendencies.
Just sitting here on Sunday afternoon, catching up on old threads I've missed, trying to answer some chipping questions that have come to mind. Has anyone here done any new research on using ultrasonic with CPC/ASM? Or discovered any other methods of cleaning them safely? (Have I missed the answer in another thread?)
Years ago, I bought a set of heavily-used casino ASMs (Kenmore Lanes?) from TCR. Reading on CT that soaking in OXY wasn't safe for ASMs, I tried handscrubbing a few of them with a toothbrush and dish soap, and it was so difficult to get them clean that I eventually just gave up and sold them. Since that experience, the problem of cleaning ASM/CPC chips has steered me away from them and toward Paulsons (... and is that possibly one reason why people are murdering Paulsons to make their own custom sets instead of buying CPC customs? Price seems to be less of a reason at this time than ever before).