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Posted: 1/27/2009 6:09:50 PM EDT
posted a few days ago about how i bought the 220volt tumbler instead of the normal 110 volt tumbler  im going to return it and get the 110 volt one but that will take a week or so. in the mean time, can i just throw the cases on the zip trim and scotch brite the hell out of them to clean them or is there another way i can clean them by hand so i can make ammo this weekend?
Thanks, Jeff |
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Follow the directions on the bottle for the Simple Green, I mix it pretty stout. If you google "clean brass with vinegar" it comes up with a bunch of mixtures for vinegar and salt. Plain vinegar works well too. As for the Dawn, I use it to degrease. I'm not sure if Simple Greene leaves anything on the brass, so I just clean it again.
It works well. |
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I was using vinegar but it will tarnish the cases slightly, though it is just cosmetic.
Now I am using warm H20 with a chug of lemon juice and a squirt of Dawn. let set and stir occasionally for an hour. Then separate bulk of liquid out with a rotary separator and then repeat the process but with cool,clean water, then dry and follow up with polishing media if you want a real shine |
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Heck, I'm certainly not up to the stds of this group. I tumble my brass for 1 hr in PetsMart crushed walnut with a pinch of Turtle Wax car polish in the media. Then I process them and it's back to the tumbler for 10 minutes to get the lube off. That's all. Some are shinny and some have stains on the brass, however, they are all clean and that's the only thing I'm looking for 'cause they get dirty again when they go Boom! |
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Being anal is a great trait to have when rolling your own ammunition. I wouldn't have it any other way. Just to clarify, I only preform this on once fired brass, I do not do this every time. I like to start with clean, shiny brass. Past the first reloading, I tumble with walnut the same way COSteve does it.
If you have a 700hp car, wouldn't you wash it and keep it clean, even though that has nothing to do with the performance of the car? 
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Heck, I'm certainly not up to the stds of this group. I tumble my brass for 1 hr in PetsMart crushed walnut with a pinch of Turtle Wax car polish in the media. Then I process them and it's back to the tumbler for 10 minutes to get the lube off. That's all. Some are shinny and some have stains on the brass, however, they are all clean and that's the only thing I'm looking for 'cause they get dirty again when they go Boom! This. |
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