How do you clean your brass

I wet tumble mine. Dish soap and lemishine for a few hours does a great job. I dont even use any steel pins although the primer pockets would probably benefit from that.
 
An RCBS vibratory unit with either crushed walnut (lizard litter) or corn cob media.

Cleans more than well enough for my use. Takes only a few moments to poke-out what little bit of media
that may get stuck in primer pockets/flash holes.
 
Wet stainless steel tumbling, specifically with the Frankford Arsenal Platinum Tumbler. I also have a Rebel 17, but I prefer the Frankford Arsenal unit.
 
Tried the tumbling, found that even with care I had a lot of the corn cob media all over the place. And I didn't like now long it took or the fact that on the deeper .38Spl that it hardly cleaned the insides at all.

Bought an ultrasonic cleaner and found the heaven's opened and angels sang ! Yes I need to set the brass aside for a few days to dry. But I find it's far easier to use and faster to do a big batch of brass. And best of all any spills are easily wiped up or if I miss them are polite enough to go away by themselves. The insides of .38Spl are not pristine but they are darkish brass coloured. And that's a heap better than sooty black which the vibrator and corn cob with polishing cream did.

Stainless pin media is better by seen in the evidence of many videos. But then I'm back to separating pins out. And it's simply so much easier to just rinse, dump, spread out and then get Mother Nature to dry that for me US only is the best way and the easiest way.
 
winchester1852 said:
Am trying not to buy a ultra sonic,But if that's the only way I might have to.
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How much brass do you plan on cleaning would decide what you should get. Wet tumbling for me is the way to go. You can buy the ones available for a few hundred or make your own if you have basic mechanical skills. My son built this for $50.00 but had most of the stuff from various jobs. Bought the pins from Cabellas for $70.00 per 5lb box.

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Reeferman said:
How much brass do you plan on cleaning would decide what you should get. Wet tumbling for me is the way to go. You can buy the ones available for a few hundred or make your own if you have basic mechanical skills. My son built this for $50.00 but had most of the stuff from various jobs. Bought the pins from Cabellas for $70.00 per 5lb box.

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Looks like a fun little project I'll see what I can rig up
 
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