Fastest,easiest,shiniest brass cleaning set up.
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I use a vibratory bowl and walnut media....Hello
I’m currently using the Frankford wet brass cleaning tumbler, minis the pins.
I deprime,tumble for 3 hrs and dry.
Then resize,tumble for 3 hrs and dry.
Is there a faster set up?
I like shiny brass when it’s complete.
Ideally I would like to clean and dry in one step.. lol
Turn it on in the morning turn it off when I come home from work.
There are countless methods and claims that on is better than the other.
Rob
I still mostly use this. I also have ultrasonic and wet cleaners. They get used for different situations. The ultrasonic mostly is used for gun parts these days (last carb I rebuilt too, come to think of it) and the wet tumbler I mostly use for bulk brass/range brass cleaning. I have three vibratory tumblers (two Lyman and and a Princess Auto chinesium one). Currently using "lizard litter" with a cap full of car wax. Works well. Yes, you will have to pick it out of primer pockets. But choosing the size of your media goes a long way to preventing this. Next batch of media I'll choose a more course material. Time wise, I toss them in and go do something else. Depending on how bad they were to start, usually a couple of hours cleans up most brass. Easy? We'll, easy would be having someone else do it, but my kids are grown and my grandson shows no interest. I can't afford to hire it out, so it's back to me and the machinery. It doesn't take up too much time. - dan
RCBS Vibratory Case Cleaner. I mix equal parts of walnut and corn cob media together. Press the rocker-switch and the machine does all the work, for clean and shinny brass. There is never a rush for me to have them complete ASAP.
mactroneng
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- SW Ontario
Don't your sizing dies get absolutely filthy doing this? I've considered this process many times but don't want to deal with gunked up sizing dies.
- Location
- In the clock tower!!
Tumble in media for an hour I wash in a bucket of hot water drop of dawn and some lemi shine, rinse, then use the dehydrator as well Works like a charm
Not at all, I use STP oil treatment on a RCBS pad for resizing brass. Inside of dies are easy to clean with a rag stuck on the end of a screwdriver.
This STP stuff also works great for case conversion , say 30-06 to 8mm Mauser.
To get the lubricant off in the tumbler I use a bit of Laundry detergent instead of Dawn.
I use a inexpensive cement mixer like this one. It's about $300 and will do a bucket of brass in about an hour and a half.
I bucket of brass
1 bucket of cold water
Pre rinse for about 10-15 minutes, drain and use hose to rinse off
Then one bucket of hot water
2TBSP citric acid
Squirt of Dawn
Tumble for 45-60 minutes
Drain, rinse, drain then onto the drying racks to bake in the sun. I have dehydrators if the sun isn't cooperating. Brass gets pretty darn shiny.
I bucket of brass
1 bucket of cold water
Pre rinse for about 10-15 minutes, drain and use hose to rinse off
Then one bucket of hot water
2TBSP citric acid
Squirt of Dawn
Tumble for 45-60 minutes
Drain, rinse, drain then onto the drying racks to bake in the sun. I have dehydrators if the sun isn't cooperating. Brass gets pretty darn shiny.
Thats why I run my brass through for an hour initially, gets the brass clean enough that it can be lubed / resized / deprimed and then it gets another clean after to remove the lube and gets the rest of the dirt off.
Dirty press (especially a progressive - causes wear and hassle) and scratched dies are not for me. Others may feel differently and that is OK.
