Washing gerber blocks

[offaxis]

Hi,

Does anyone have a better solution for washing gerber blocks?
We use the gerber lens washer, but its so slow........
Any thought on using a dishwasher or a sonic washer, the thought is the sonic washer will loosen the block centers....

Jeff

[Rich R]

I use one of the vats from the tint unit set at about 175F with gloves and an old tint holder used only for that purpose, soak em a few minutes and wipe em off.

[vicvasqz]

I've run warm water to deblock the wax and then soaked them in hot water as I scrub them with a heavy brisstle brush. Time consuming, but great results, never liked the lens washer

[eromitlab]

lens washer always worked beautifully for me, as long as the water was changed every few days and the wax was skimmed off before closing it in the morning. When I used to help fix 'broken' labs @ VisionDump, I'd seen some blocks come out with more wax than they had when they went in... open the cover and there's a half-inch of green freebond on top of the brown-rust-and-polish-filled water. Changed the brushes and cleaned the tank, showed the lab 'manager' how to keep clean... no further problems.

when I didn't have the luxury of a lens washer, a pot of very hot and soapy water worked wonders.

keeping your freebond clean also helps a lot, too.