libertysnake
.338 Win Mag
$2 solution that will last years off one bottle and clean every pan in your house to a mirror finish.
What do you use to clean brass?
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$2 solution that will last years off one bottle and clean every pan in your house to a mirror finish.
I remember I ordered directly from manufacturer. I may have contacted a sales rep, but things can change in 12-15 years. At the time the going price for untreated corn cob was about $1 per pound delivered from places like Midway and Dillon, in small quantities. My 50lb bag from that place came out much cheaper.
McMasters also sell corn cob in 10lb and 40lb bags and it is probably cheaper than Amazon if delivery price is reasonable.
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ManualF150
.308 Win
Pretty much what I do... and rinse, rinse, rinse...
Brass on the left my buddy cleaned for me with the rotary tumble and pins with detergent. The brass on the right I cleaned with an RCBS Vibratory case cleaner I picked up second hand but unused. It came with the Lyman Tuff Nut so that's what I used. Came out great, but I had stupid red dust on everything and had to dig media out of most of the flash holes. Pretty annoying. I'm going to try cob next. The Lyman treated cob is on Amazon for right around the same price as others found the untreated cob for. Anybody have any experience with their product?
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kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
That's what I use, with a bit of mineral spirits.
And some car wax if I'm feeling special.
Far king
.45 acp
I pretty much use the same method but i use the lizard bedding from the pet store ( walnut l believe ) with either a couple spoons of mineral spirits or turpentine in a Dillon case cleaner . I have used pre wax cleaner like you use on cars and that seems to work well also.
l will never again deprime my cases before tumbling as the media tends plug up a lot of the flash holes plus worrying about dirty primer pockets is for strokers it’s not important and a waste of time in all reality.
Bench rest shooters will do it because they are fanatical but anything else it’s not necessary.
That’s my opinion after over 40 years of hand loading.
I've found the Corn-Cob Media (treated) doesn't matter as much as the Tumbler itself: The Hornady vibratory tumbler is quieter than the Lyman, but the Lyman Turbo does a better job in the same time than the Hornady. The RCBS seems to work as well as the Lyman, but I gave it away before really running it long enough to compare the performance.
Pins in Water/Detergent to me IS the very best way to clean the entire case, but there are drawbacks such as needing to rinse, separate, collect the pins, loading, more materials, etc. gotta make damn sure the cases are DRY and that too takes time and additional effort over the vibratory cleaners.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
from watching some videos ..
if you wet tumble with pins .. you have the machine to make your own Black Powder already .. just add some lead or brass balls
if you wet tumble with pins .. you have the machine to make your own Black Powder already .. just add some lead or brass balls
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
I wet tumbled these with stainless pins and a squirt of dish soap.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
Sings .. To much Brass on your hands ..
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Too much is almost enough.
spat
.700 Nitro Express
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spat
.700 Nitro Express
The trick I always use to control dust is to throw a fabric softener sheet from the clothes dryer in.Thanks for your tips. I got a 15 lbs bag to try it out and it worked great. There's some dust, but it's nothing compared to walnut. No dusty film on to the brass. The corn cob/mineral spirits combo got the brass cleaner than any walnut/chemical combo I've tried. Half the batch was 10x fired .44 Spl cases, the other half was only 1x fired, and the old stuff looked almost as good as the new.
It just sucks up the dust and you throw it away.
Xae289
.223 Rem
With the walnut, it got too dusty after a while to where even the dryer sheets barely helped. Corncob seems much less dusty.
I use a shot-glass of water in the tumbler as well and it cuts down dust substantially. I'll use a capful of mineral spirits per Mosinitis' recommendation every few tumbles or to get some old, tarnished brass spanking new.
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.950 JDJ
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