Originally Posted by
lineinthewater
I know you said your tank is large enough to fully submerge the chainring, but I was thinking of my smaller tank (the one many use from HF) and the issue of having to rotate chainrings (doing half at a time). I had a thought. It seems one could completely fill a gallon size zip lock with cleaner solution, drop in the chainring(s), and then drop the bag it into the smaller ultrasonic tank of water. The full bag would extend above the cleaner's tank's top. Would the ultrasonic waves still penetrate the entire bag's contents, or just the portion below the water level?
The instructions on mine say that you shouldn't let any part being cleaned touch the bottom of the tank as apparently it interferes with the ultrasonic waves it generates.
I think (although I don't fully understand how ultrasonic cleaning works, so could be wildly off here) that the idea is that the ultrasonic waves pass through the water into your container, so it should clean everything that's within the cleaning fluid inside the bag.