Tumblerless brass cleaning

[Caleb]

I read somewhere that this formula works well if you do not have a tumbler.

4 parts warm water
1 part dish soap
1 part white vinager
1 tbls salt

Air dry or oven dry afterwards.

Anyone use this method or something similar?

[ColMike]

Have you tried it?

[DrHenley]

I have used the dish soap and water in a separate step before the vinegar and salt (I use pure white or cider vinegar). If you want to soak off the carbon deposits, use 1 part Mr. Clean to 4 parts HOT water as the first step (soak 30 minutes), rinse, vinegar and salt, then rinse well.

[Caleb]

Have you tried it?

Negative... Looking for alternatives to tumbling.

I have used the dish soap and water in a separate step before the vinegar and salt (I use pure white or cider vinegar). If you want to soak off the carbon deposits, use 1 part Mr. Clean to 4 parts HOT water as the first step (soak 30 minutes), rinse, vinegar and salt, then rinse well.

Thanks.

Do you deprime first?

[Gatorade]

I have had good results with hot water, vinigar, and dish soap. I don't measure, just kinda throw some in. It cleaned the brass ok, but I then put it wet into my tumbler to dry and tumble it clean.

[Riverpigusmc]

Heard Lemonshine works too

[DrHenley]

Do you deprime first?


Yes...always. With deprimed brass, the Mr. Clean dissolves most of the primer crud and softens the rest up so that you can clean the primer pockets with Q-Tips instead of a primer pocket cleaner.

[Riverpigusmc]

or spend 50 bucks for a tumbler :p

[Caleb]

or spend 50 bucks for a tumbler :p

Well why didnt I think of this? You know my address, I will patiently await your gracious gift certificate for a tumbler. :D

[skosh69]

I read somewhere that this formula works well if you do not have a tumbler.

4 parts warm water
1 part dish soap
1 part white vinager
1 tbls salt

Air dry or oven dry afterwards.

Anyone use this method or something similar?

I did something similar when I first got into reloading, but I used water, simple green and vinegar. Put everything into a sealable container and shook the hell out of it, then let it sit. Then rinse well. The longer it sat in solution, the cleaner it got. I never used any salt.

If you do use this method, I suggest you DE-PRIME the brass first. Otherwise, moisture can get trapped in the primer pocket and you'll have to clean your primer pockets really good. I know this as it happened to me, although I didn't heat my brass in the oven, I simply laid it out in the sun to dry. No need heating up the house and wasting gas, when you have the sun, right?

Good luck.

[titanse05]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee318/titanse05/Gun%20stuff/2013-01-06_16-38-37_35.jpgGood luck getting brass to bling without a tumbler.

A wet tumbler with stainless steel media is the only way to go IMHO. Nothing else comes close. Insides including the primer pockets are just as bright and clean.

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[bttbbob]

I use this exact solution in my sonic cleaner.........

[Sheepdog]

You don't have to clean them.:D

[sdmc530]

I have a Lyman tumbler, use Hornady corn cob media, use auto wax Nu-finish and mine is really bright....happy with the turn out I get.

[Caleb]

I have cleaned all my .45acp and 9mm brass with the combo in my OP. The cases came out shiney and clean with no effort, works great. The insides are not as clean as the outside but, it will work for plinking rounds.

A tumbler is in the future as funds recoop. Thanks for all the posts. nanner