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]

Originally Posted by ColMike

Have you tried it?

Negative... Looking for alternatives to tumbling.

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by IamCaleb

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

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

or spend 50 bucks for a tumbler

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

[skosh69]

Originally Posted by IamCaleb

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.