Cleaning Brass / RCBS Case Slick Removal

[markT]

I lay by brass on its side and spray RCBS Case Slick on the brass before de-priming and sizing. My tray, an old non stick baking pan has a lot of build up of the Case Slick. What can be used to clean the pan from the build up?
Also should I wash / clean my brass off after it is sized and before I put it in Dillion Vibrator with corn cobb media?

 

[Spoonbill]

Dawn dish soap is what I use. I wash the crap out of my brass before I tumble it

 

[markT]

Thanks Soonbill, I did wash the tray with Dawn and hot water. Cleaned right up.
I made up a pot of hot water and put dawn in it dumped in some 22 BR brass and slushed it around , dumped the brass in a calendar to drain. Made a drying rack with 2.5" 15 ga finish nails. Am I on the right track?

 

[Spoonbill]

Friction works best. Mix up a bowl of soapy water. Grab some brass and roll them in your hand and throw them in another bowl to be rinsed. Make sure to rinse them good. After I rinse mine I throw them in an old pillow case to dry them best I can. Sometimes I will put them in a dry bowl and hit them with a hair dryer.

 

[fkimble@charter.net]

For small batches, I use a wide mouth pickle jar. Put water in the microwave to heat in a measuring cup to near boiling. Put a squirt of Dawn in the jar, pour the hot water in the jar,swish around a time or two to mix the Dawn. Dump the brass in, put lid on. Swirl the jar around a few times. Let sit. Swish around a couple more times. Let time and hot water do it's thing. Remove lid, put hand over opening and dump the water. Put jar under running hot water until suds quit coming out. Dump water and refill/rinse a couple times. Dump on an old towel an fold it over brass and roll it around. Can add Lemishine if you want shinier brass, just let it sit longer in solution. Do same procedure after sizing to remove sizing lube. Put in a shallow pan or box and let sit in sun for a few hours. Then leave in conditioned part of house for a few days to insure dry inside. Lot simpler than all my explaining. After sizing, it helps to clean primer pocket also.

Frank

 

[jpx2rk]

I use old/empty coffee tubs to wash & rinse the lube off of cases when processing them. Hot water and dawn soap, swish 'em around with my hand, drain the water off but leave the suds in the tub, add more hot water and repeat a couple times until the cases feel "clean", then rinse good and drain. dump on a old bath towel, roll up the towel and shake/rattle/roll the brass around in the towel, put in a wally world jerky dryer/case dryer type machine during the winter or bad weather, on the driveway in the summer.

 

[DGP4]

I use clear plastic cake covers. Spray a light coat with alcohol/lanolin mix and then add some brass and spray a bit more. Then I swirl the cases around till fully coated and resize/deprime. Most of the residue wipes right off the cake cover once I am done.

 

[Unkl Chuck]

Use the blue, "Duck" Dawn, has the fewest scents, etc. added.
markT I like the drying rack, going to make one this morning. Thanx for the idea.

 

[M-61]

Doesn’t help the OP but:
Vibrate with corn media
Roll on RCBS pad
I’m done
Groups-never got one thousandth smaller doing it any other way
Works for me, so far at least, started in 1963

 

[D-4297]

Since I use a wet tumble , no pins , it's easy to run the cases through a wash cycle with some Dawn and a splash of Lemmi-shine after sizing . Actually cleans the inside of the cases better and I see clean brass at the bottom of the case . No build-up inside . The case lube I use is both Redding and Hornady Unique , and cases come out clean and shiny .