Cleaning baskets: How to clean them?

[joelcarvajal]

The cleaning baskets that came with my vintage L&R watch cleaning machine look dirty with the mesh all gray and without luster.

How do you clean your cleaning basket and make them shiny again?

[nickelsilver]

I use tsp, trisodium phosphate. Not on baskets so much (though sometimes) as the cleaning jars themselves.

 

I know it used to be readily available and less so now, but it is fantastic.

 

It won't necessarily renew the luster, but they will be clean.

[VWatchie]

15 hours ago, joelcarvajal said:

How do you clean your cleaning basket and make them shiny again?

I always thought they would be cleaned in the cleaning machine along with the watch parts, so this question has me perplexed. I'm probably missing something here 

[HectorLooi]

Probably this is an older basket when the mesh was not made of stainless steel.

I think if you used an ammoniated cleaning solution, the problem would go away on its own.

[mikepilk]

8 hours ago, nickelsilver said:

I use tsp, trisodium phosphate. Not on baskets so much (though sometimes) as the cleaning jars themselves.

 

I know it used to be readily available and less so now, but it is fantastic.

Sounds like good stuff. It's available on Amazon and ebay in the UK

 

[VWatchie]

45 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

I think if you used an ammoniated cleaning solution, the problem would go away on its own.

Ah, interesting! That's exactly what I do (ELMA RED 1:9) so that might explain why I never perceived it as a problem.