UltraOkay

Is it OK for your ultrasonic cleaner?

Piercing jewelry (titanium, steel, gold)

Yes
Check first
No

Implant-grade titanium, steel and gold handle ultrasonic cleaning well.

Updated from your answers.

A few questions to be sure

Are the stones glued (no metal holding them)?

How to do it

Time
3 min
Water
Lukewarm, 30–40 °C

Unscrew balls and bars. Run titanium and steel in separate batches.

With these answers we do not recommend the ultrasonic cleaner, so there is no how-to.

Pick your cleaner to see if it fits, which setting to use and what its manual says.

Why

Titanium and surgical steel are routinely cleaned with ultrasound in healthcare. Ultrasonic cleaning cleans but does not sterilise, so for new piercings follow your piercer's advice.

Watch out for

  • Ultrasonic cleaning does not sterilise
  • Glued stones on the ball: avoid
  • Acrylic parts: see acrylic piercing

Sources

  1. Titan Medical – cleaning titanium instruments
  2. Elma – how ultrasonic cleaning works

Cleaners that fit this

Ranked by fit, never by commission.

How we rank: models made for this kind of item first, then how easy the model is to buy where you are, then how much of its spec is confirmed in a source.

We may earn a commission when you buy through these links. It never changes an answer. How this works

    We may earn a commission when you buy through these links. It never changes an answer. How this works

    Good to have for this

    We may earn a commission when you buy through these links. It never changes an answer. How this works

    Clean it safely another way The safe way while you check

    We may earn a commission when you buy through these links. It never changes an answer. How this works

    Good to know

    Related

    Which cleaner do you have?

    Pick your model and every answer adapts to it: tank size, heater, timer and the warnings in its manual.

      Can't find yours?

      Describe it and we use a similar profile.