Ammonia instead of carb cleaner?

[30aadoodlebug]

Since its too cold to work in the barn today, I've decided to begin rebuilding one of the carburetors I have on the shelf. Now that tear-down is complete, I have to ask: is using ammonia just as effective as the much more expensive carb cleaner to soak it? Les Andrews touches briefly on this in his Zenith overhaul section in Vol. 1. Is this worth doing?

Thanks!