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Posted: 6/8/2014 5:22:00 PM EDT
I had read some posts about cleaning brass with lemi shine. I didn't have any so I put a squirt of dawn in and two table spoons of lime juice I found in the fridge in about a quart, quart and a half of hot water and dumped in some 45 acp brass. I gave it a few shakes and let it sit for 24 hours. Is there any reason to tumble for loading plinking rounds?
Also I have a few that has the bellow corrosion that tumbling or the liquid won't clean, will this hurt anything or just toss? 
Thanks Jerry |
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Cleaning the brass helps prevent scratching your dies. Makes the finished ammo look nice as well.
You can reload that brass as is, just make sure its all dry first. I tumble my brass in either walnut or corncob mix before loading. The really dirty stuff gets a bath in Lemishine just to improve it look as well as washing away any dirt/grit. Scratched dies suck. |
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At one time I just threw the brass in a large mouth gatorade bottle with dawn, shook for 10-15 min until wife threatened divorce, rinse and dry. Didnt scratch my dies, but the finished product did look shoddy. (Get a tumbler and pins, worth it!)
Edit- my brass looked worse then yours. |
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