Decided to get a little medieval to dry my brass.

[sparky123321]

After years of trying all different ways to dry my brass after cleaning with stainless steel pins I decided to try a method I'd been thinking about for a long time. Normally, I'd stand the cases up on a towel after spinning as much water out of them as possible. That is until the cats came along and knocked them over. This took a little time to make, but I hope it will make things easier down the road. Actually, I made two and each will hold 476 cases which is a good thing because I have a giant commercial tumbler.

This might have just been a waste of time, but I had a day to myself and felt like doing a little project. I just used some scrap plywood I had hanging around, cheap finish nails, some paint and sealed it all with polyurethane since I didn't feel like paying the extra for SS nails. I needed to make sure it would work with all my pistol brass as well as .17 Fireball up to .338 Lapua.

 

[M-61]

Might consider "VLAD' as a new screen name.

 

[firewrench044]

Try a Harbor Freight food dehydrator, heats to 200 f, I leave cases in for 20 min.
They cost about $ 20.00 - $ 30.00

 

[bsumoba]

oven @ 175F for half an hour, turn off heat and let sit for another 1/2-1 hour. Usually they are completely dry

dont let the wife catch you "baking" brass

 

[watercam]

Nancy Gallagher does the same thing...

 

[sparky123321]

Normally, I just let the brass air dry in front of the dehumidifier standing up on a towel. In the Winter, when the dehumidifier isn't running down the basement, I warm the brass with a hair drier while spread out or standing up on a towel.

My prior methods worked well, but now I'm hoping to take the brass right out of my Dillon media separator and place them in the rack to air dry over night. I have always found that the brass drains and dries better while standing up. It was just a challenge to keep the brass standing up, especially the rifle brass. I know others have used test tube racks for this purpose. We'll see how it works out.

If I really like how it works I'll probably make new racks using a simpler process and stainless steel nails.

 

[jweb308]

Nice setup. I have a similar rig, foam base and bamboo skewers with the points removed to open up the pores and speed the wicking process.

Rinsing cases in 91% IPA works well also.

Stay safe,
WEB

 

[DonnyJ]

sparky123321
I like your idea! I place my brass upside down in pistol ammo holders that come in factory ammo.
Then i place them on a shoe drying rack in my front loading dryer. They run for about 15 minutes.

 

[mdman352]

Ever heard of an air compressor????

 

[MrMajestic]

Ever heard of an air compressor????

My regime, compressed air then right to the Bench Source. Oh they're dry! ;D

 

[grovey]

Might consider "VLAD' as a new screen name.

This...

 

[Joe Salt]

Air compressor then into corn cob in the tumbler!

Joe Salt

 

[wedgy]

You had to try it....

 

[laveritt]

I use a low tech method that seems to work quite well.

I just spread my brass out on a doubled towell outside on my concrete porch and let the wind, sunshine & heat from the the warm concrete dry my brass. I leave them there for about an hour.

 

[mr45man]

I found a couple of these at a yard sale.
http://www.ctechglass.com/racks-stands-tr93-c-47_121_129.html
They work great for BR size brass, just set them out in the AZ sun under an aquarium for about an hour.
John H.

 

[1shot]

I've been using a food dehydrator for years. Any left over pins from the tumbling fall right out when dry.....except yesterday. Had 2 pins perfectly 90 degrees across from each other. It took needle nose pliers to get them out!

 

[GarethMarijt]

I nearly got these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tot-Bottle-Drying-Rack-Orange/dp/B0038JE60U/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3NDEJ67RKA1G6&coliid=I2JS2EU3WCWGDK

But opted for halogen oven on lowest setting instead

 

[Bayou]

After "spin-drying" twice with dry rags, 99.9% of all moisture is removed. Just putting the brass in an open tray for 10 minutes completely dries them out. Nothing else needed......