Cleaning titanium parts

[ladra]

Hello,

Was wondering how you guys clean your titanium parts?

1) is 50/50 vinegar/water safe?

2) ultrasonic cleaner with above solution? (so far I've used with just dish-washing soap)

Thanks!

 

[Wookie]

What are you trying to solve?

Any consumer acid (vinegar, ospho, lemon juice, etc) won't hurt titanium, but then, titanium doesn't get anything on it that needs acid to remove. If you're trying to remove lube from the internals, that's mechanical with q-tips, etc.

If you're talking Atomic regulators, the spring, piston, etc. are not titanium, and vinegar is fine.

If you're O2 cleaning it, a solution of blue-gold does that without acid.

So I wash mine in an ultrasonic cleaner with blue-gold to O2 clean them. I don't bother with acid. That's for brass and green verdigris.

 

[ladra]

@Wookie ,

Yeah, pretty much old lube removal and such. Noticed some are pretty stubborn on the threads of SP S620.

Thank you for the info!

 

[saxman242]

Make sure whatever you use doesn't have any chlorine in it.

 

[ladra]

@saxman242 ,

Thanks for the tip.

 

[Scared Silly]

I use an old toothbrush and Dawn combined with elbow grease to remove old lube.