Citric acid

kjohn said:
Well, I did soak some grungy 8mm-06 and .45acp cases last night and dried them. Took them to the shop today and gave them a 40 minute go in the FA vibrator. They came out nice, very nice. I realize that the process is certainly not necessary, and that there are probably as many different ways of cleaning as there are people doing the cleaning. I posted for the benefit of new handloaders, whether they be old time shooters or newbies.

I have my little crock pot now and will continue to give the grungy ones a cycle in citric acid. I tried using a bit of car polish in the media when I was vibrator cleaning, but I made the mistake of putting the polish in at the same time as I put the brass in. I did try cutting a few squares of paper towel (ordinary table stuff) in the media. It certainly does keep the dust down.

Lots of little tricks to try. Have at 'er!! :)
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Try a cut up dryer sheet I found it grabs and hold the fines very well.
 
Chilly807 said:
Then the brass gets loaded on a cookie sheet, standing upright, and it goes into a 170°F oven for 30 minutes to dry.
If you're cleaning a couple hundred cases at a time, this isn't practical. I typically do less than 50 rifle cases at a time.
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Another reason to buy a dehydrator. Not just good for making jerky and dried meals for camping, but also a great way to dry cases. I put mine on the mesh racks that came with my Excalibur dehydrator, set the machine for 1 hour at 60 C and they all come out bone dry.
 
Ever since I stopped wet tumbling my rifle brass my ES and SD’s have gone way down.

I still wet tumble my pistol brass about every 3rd firing.
 
Chilly807 said:
I tried using the Hornady case cleaning solution in the ultrasonic cleaner first, with so-so results.
Using it with the heat option resulted in discoloured brass.
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I use the Lyman ultrasonic cleaner.
Works awesome and so much cheaper than some of the home made solutions.
 
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