Hand washing brass

[Twisted Chemist]

Dawn dishsoap and hot water in an empty Kirkland cashew container, shake and swirl around, triple rinse with clean water. Then toss in the Iosso case cleaner kit for a couple minutes, triple rinse with clean water, and then air dry; I usually bunch a few cases in hand and flick the water out to speed up dry time.

Have never owned a tumbler.

Chris

Cashew media? Fascinating...

 

[Twisted Chemist]

If you have a utility sink and a large colander, you have all you need to clean brass sufficiently. Wear long rubber gloves so all those nasty things in the water aren’t in contact with your skin.

This! I wear vinyl gloves to keep the nasties at bay and metal slivers and that metallic smell.
As far as tumbling/cleaning brass, to each their own. My main concern is long term storage, keeping the loaded ammo from corroding or internal crud deposits from effecting the powder.

Does any Pro-Tumbler have experience with an alternative to LemiShine? Will straight citric acid or lemon juice perform as well?