how do you dry brass after wet tumbling?

I throw mine on an old cookie tray lined with wax paper and stick the tray in the toaster oven for 30 minutes at 250f. Works great with no spots or discoloration. Granted, I have also rinsed, re-rinsed, shaken in a large colander and towel dried by this point, but it clears out all the remaining water and they can used within the hour.
 
bigedp51 said:
Out of the pin separator and onto a large bath towel and shake back and forth. Then a hair dyer, a five gallon bucket and its dry in less than 5 minutes.


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Creative..
 
I use a small zippered mesh laundry bag. Put brass in bag, close dryer door on bag, leaving it hanging inside. Turn dryer on for 10 min.
 
Shake around in towel and air dry for a few days
I cleans days if not weeks ahead of any other steps and I never rush as its a habit that could get you in trouble
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i put mine on a cookie sheet, and but it on 200 for about 30 minutes depends on how wet then i let them dry in the oven over night with the light on. or i but them in a tumbler for 10 minutes to pulish
 
Air dry.

The trick is to stack it deep in ones you have done, then you are never waiting.
my upper limit is 5K 9mm on the shelf, as I use it I clean and let it dry. Once I get down to 2K, I reload the already dry 3K of brass.
Sadly it does not take too long to hit that 2K lower limit.
 
*MALICE* said:
Place them on an old cookie sheet and place them in the oven on low for 10 minutes. Won't get them hot enough to affect the brass but will dry them out nicely. I'm sure I don't have to mention that you do this BEFORE you load the cases ;)
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175-200 degrees for 10-15 minutes. My wife hates it but it doesn't harm the oven and I don't use any of her good cookie trays.
 
maynard said:
15 minutes at 250 on a cookie sheet on the oven. I have also used the shoe rack thingy (on a towel) in the dryer. Just make sure the towel doesn't catch on the drum.
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BAD IDEA!

I did this with some 30-06 for the Garand, the cases are useable but they are naturally stressed and the heat will relax them back to a shape that may not fit in your chamber.

DO NOT PUT BRASS IN THE OVEN. Keep it in a warm and dry environment for a day or two. I've also had a bunch of duds after starting ultrasonic and SS tumbling, it sucks. Planning and having preped cases always on hand is necessary when your wet cleaning brass.
 
Mush said:
Necro thread...

What about taking your wet brass and dumping it all in isopropyl alcool, a couple seconds of mixing and then filter all this.

Should dry fastly after ?

Mush
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99% and it work's like a charm! Dry brass in 10 minute's.
Anothe one I use is a deepfryer basket set into one of the furnace floor duct's.The hot air dry's'em pretty quick
 
When I was trying wet tumbling, (which did a really good job inside and out), I would just tumble the cases in untreated corn cob to dry them.
 
Haagen_Dazs said:
BAD IDEA!

I did this with some 30-06 for the Garand, the cases are useable but they are naturally stressed and the heat will relax them back to a shape that may not fit in your chamber.

DO NOT PUT BRASS IN THE OVEN. Keep it in a warm and dry environment for a day or two. I've also had a bunch of duds after starting ultrasonic and SS tumbling, it sucks. Planning and having preped cases always on hand is necessary when your wet cleaning brass.
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Bad idea? What, you don't run the brass through your sizing die after you've cleaned it? Your knowledge of metallurgy is also lacking; a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven is not going to affect the brass in any way. Maybe your brass was wacked, but it sure wasn't the oven that did it.
 
Blastattack said:
Bad idea? What, you don't run the brass through your sizing die after you've cleaned it? Your knowledge of metallurgy is also lacking; a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven is not going to affect the brass in any way. Maybe your brass was wacked, but it sure wasn't the oven that did it.
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I do this all the time with no repercussions..
 
Blastattack said:
Bad idea? What, you don't run the brass through your sizing die after you've cleaned it? Your knowledge of metallurgy is also lacking; a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven is not going to affect the brass in any way. Maybe your brass was wacked, but it sure wasn't the oven that did it.
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I take my range brass which is still pretty much clean and lube/resize/deprime then tumble it to clean the dirt, lube, and primer pockets all at once. When I put the brass in the oven it shrunk down and the resized necks were too tight to hold a round so I had to re-resize the brass. I don't need to be a star in metallurgy to know that putting brass in the oven can seriously ruin your day, especially if you're reloading for a semi-automatic with a chamber that sits right in your face, like the Garand.
 
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