Cleaning brass
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Switched to wet tumbling my brass about 5 years ago after using dry media for 25+ years , will never go back to dry . Just looked up Brass Juice , Bo you dump the water or reuse as some have poster , water must be pretty dirty. I'm not cleaning alot at a time , I have a single drum Harbor Freight tumbler for 50 45ACP cases and a Tumblers B Tumbler for larger cleanings. Used with SS Pins ,LemiShine and Dish Detergent.
Same for me, been dry vibrating for 20+ years but after today it's over ! I read all the stuff on leme shine and dawn and ordered some but then I saw a video on Brass juice, so my fist time I thought I would try it. Like I said didn't use pins and it was super easy! Some say they reuse the water but you only use like an ounce to the gallon so it's pretty cheap. BTW there were no water spots.
I ordered last night , I think I still use with the pins but instead of running the tumbler for two hours , I'll see how it cleans in one hour . From the videos it looks like you don't have to let it run for hours. Will let you know how it goes. I like trying good cleaners , come to think of it I have my share of dies and holsters too. Thanks for posting.
Chris
Chris
They also have case lube, one for rifle and one for pistol cases. Why two? What's the difference?
Try Tide liquid detergent, works fantastic.
I don't know about wet tumbling, but in my cheap ultrasonic cleaner a 50/50 mix of water and vinegar with one or two drops of dawn dishwater detergent leaves my brass spotless after 15-20 minutes. Even the primer pockets are completely clean! My regime right now is to do the ultrasonic cleaning after thrice shot brass and then do the dry tumbler to shine the brass up.
Ccrider
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Yes. This works well. I do about the same but use dry lube (RCBS) in the necks of freshly clean to make seating easier.
^^^^ Ditto
These were cleaned in water/brass juice that had already cleaned 500 rnds of 22-250 brass!This post is useless without pictures.......
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Lone Hunter
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Stosh, How well does it clean the primer pockets? I hate doing them and with the SS media I don’t.
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