I was in my new favorite (grocery?) store, Aldi, the other day and saw an ultrasonic cleaner for $30. Bought it thinking of cleaning up old tube sockets.
Got me to thinking, is it possible to clean the pins only of tubes? If I make up a jig so as to submerse only the pins, I could clean a half dozen or so at once.
Ideas? Anyone know if the ultrasonic vibrations will damage the vacuum seal/structure/grid/glass/etc?
I figure everything else is fair game: tag strips, terminal strips, sockets, hardware, etc.
I'll let you know how the other stuff turns out, but I'm a bit concerned about doing tube pins, although they are a royal PITA to clean conventionally, and I worry about destroying the pin coating when using abrasives, even gentle ones. Misplaced?
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