ultrasonic cleaners?

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pole
if you use one how and why instead of dry or wet tumblers
because it’s too cold to shoot today

 

[Big Mc]

pole
if you use one how and why instead of dry or wet tumblers
because it’s too cold to shoot today

RCBS wet tumbler. Same reason Too cold.

 

[CJ6]

Lyman 6000, Range pickups and mine after 10 firings.

 

[ricco1949]

Wet tumble unprocessed military brass to ultra clean and bring back OEM shine.

Sonic clean to remove turning lube on processed brass to avoid neck peening.

 

[NorCalMikie]

1 or 2 times fired brass is good in an ultrasonic cleaner. Range pick up? Takes WAY TOO LONG and doesn't get it clean like wet or dry tumbling.
Had one. Used it a few times then sold it to someone that wanted it more than I did.

 

[TommyD11730]

Use mine to clean muzzle brakes..

 

[ricco1949]

^^^ I also use sonic cleaner on brakes and suppressor internals and main tube.

 

[SeabeeKen]

I wet tumble nasty range brass. Dry zilla media for match brass. ultrasonic periodically for match brass to remove excess carbon from inside cases if they are getting bad but its rare. Ultrasonic is the cats meow for cleaning small engine carbs that are plugged by ethanol gas.

 

[600-60x]

Wet tumble unprocessed military brass to ultra clean and bring back OEM shine.

Sonic clean to remove turning lube on processed brass to avoid neck peening.

pole
if you use one how and why instead of dry or wet tumblers
because it’s too cold to shoot today

i shoot f class and bench rest both 6mm turned necks
first dry vib clean for 1/2 hour
then after resizing process wet tumble with steel pins and just before loading i pin the necks to size i have heard some people don’t use pins because of peening
the brass but i haven’t seen evidence of that?

 

[ricco1949]

i shoot f class and bench rest both 6mm turned necks
first dry vib clean for 1/2 hour
then after resizing process wet tumble with steel pins and just before loading i pin the necks to size i have heard some people don’t use pins because of peening
the brass but i haven’t seen evidence of that?

I used to wet tumble freshly turned brass for 5-10 minutes in pins to remove turning lube.

One time there was still lube remaining after the cycle so I re-tumbled them for another cycle but didn't set the timer and they ran for about 30 minutes.

I always re-chamfered after wet tumbling to remove any peening, however this time chamfering did not entirely remove the peening.

Peening remained .025+/- above the chamfer.... Confirmed by tube micrometer.

I don't recall how much thickness it added but it was significant enough for me to re-turn the entire batch of 500....confirming the brass was only removed in the .025+/- peened area at the undisturbed setting on K&M turner.

 

[marchboom]

First thing I do is deprime with a depriming only die. Then into hot water with some Lemishine for 45 minutes. After drying they go into tumbler for an hour. I use Zilla desert blend crushed walnut media (Amazon). Inexpensive and very small so it won't get stuck in the flash holes. Also put in a little NuFinish. Then they go to be resized. I want the brass to be very clean so there will be no damage to the dies. Lemishine works wonders and using it will cut down on the time needed in the tumbler. Your media will stay cleaner much longer because the carbon, powder and primer residue was removed during the ultra sonic cleaning and then dumped down the drain. This is the dust that would be in the dry tumbler and maybe in the air when you handle the media. The brass won't look that shiny with just ultra sonic cleaning but that's what media tumbling is for.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I use one for small batches of brass, less than 50 handgun or 25 rifle. One or 1 cycles of 5 minutes and brass is 100% clean. Hot water, drop of Dawn and light sprinkle of Lemishine. Rinse with HOT water and the brass dries quickly.

 

[Gun Smith]

I use my 3/4 gallon Ultrasonic for cleaning small steel gun parts I make, & oily gun parts, dies, etc. Works great on Black Powder revolver frames & cylinders to remove blow by junk in the innards. I use hot water to start out, as the tank takes a long time to heat up, then rinse with boiled water and blow dry with air to get any water out of the hidden areas. I've used TSP cleaner for years; great stuff but you have to make sure to rinse thoroughly as it can leave residue. Been using the Hornady Ultrasonic stuff of late; works very nice for
not too dirty parts & brass; grungy brass gets tumbled first.

 

[17cal Fan]

I use ultrasonic on 17 cal stuff after resizing because corn cob media is tough to get out of the small neck. Tried walnut media but not a fan.

 

[stiltryn]

use Lyman's ultrasonic and then Lyman's tumbler with corn cob hulls. Has worked for me many years, still the same equipment.