Re: Case cleaning - vibratory, or ultrasonic?
for my stainless steel cleaning method with thumler's tumbler:
*pick up some lemi-shine @ walmart for about $2.50, and put about 1 teaspoon per use. will last a longgg time. This i'll actually measure out so the lemi-shine lasts and not just dumping into hot water.
*also, i'll pick up some blue colored <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">high concentrate</span></span> dish soap (thicker soap fluid the better) at the dollar store and will put about 3 tablespoons aprox per use... will also last a long time. this ill just put a big squirt into HOT water and don't measure.
*i'll tumble with hot water, and then rinse with cold water. I will usually fill tumler's tumbler up about 3/4 full of HOT water.
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">- for rifle brass, with absolutely no wait time between steps i will:</span></span>
- tumble with HOT water/lemi-shine/high concentrated soap just enough for resizing (approx 45min)
- rinse cold water / sieve media / drain water, grab a big handful of brass case mouth up and hit down neck with air hose (make sure you use eye protection just in case SS media is still in brass) and then outside of brass / primer section with airhose. Can usually grab about 20pcs of .308 brass case mouth up in hand. this step only takes seconds.
- put airhose dried brass in special designated bowl for lubing, spray lube brass, with a very small dab of imperial wax in palm of hand, and work the brass till covered with lube. speed drytime of lube up with airhose. just enough for resizing / depriming.
- size and deprime
- back into tumbler with HOT water/lemi-shine/high concentrated soap just enough for <span style="font-weight: bold">primer pockets to be 100% clean</span> (approx 1-1/2 to 2 hours). Fine line between cleaning enough for the primer pockets to be clean but NOT too long for the case mouth to get heavily ballpeaned from the SS media.
- rinse cold water / sieve media / drain water, grab a big handful of brass case mouth up and hit down neck with air hose (make sure you use eye protection just in case SS media is still in brass) and then outside of brass / primer section with airhose. Can usually grab about 20pcs of .308 brass case mouth up in hand. this step only takes seconds.
- usually brass is damn near dry enough to seat primers, but i'll usually just let the brass sit over night.
- seat primers
- drop powder
- seat bullets
- load into your rifle and kick some ass
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- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">as for pistol brass</span></span>, it is crazy stupid easy
- tumble with HOT water with lemi-shine and maybe a tad bit more dish soap for about 1-1/2 to 2hours
- rinse cold water / sieve media / drain water
- put into strainer type bowl and hit it up with with airhose with eye protection.... i'll usually put something over the sink drain as i had a 9mm brass come out of strainer bowl and go down sink drain = not friggen fun! don't need to get 100% dry with airhose.
- <span style="font-weight: bold">let pistol brass sit for about 1 week</span> so primer pockets are 100% dry for auto progressive pistol reloading before you reload / store brass in zip lock bag for future reloading... as for me, i have TONS of pistol brass so i'll have dry pistol brass 24/7 for reloading if you're ahead of the game.
- you do not need to lube pistol brass, run thru your auto progressive reloader set up... for me on my hornady LNL AP press it is size / deprime die, primer seat, bell brass die, power drop, RCBS powder lock out die (MUST HAVE IMO), bullet seater/crimp die. DONE!
- put in pistol and kick some ass!
Hope this helps.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rick C.</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: elfster1234</div><div class="ubbcode-body">just get the SS media with tumbler and be done with it... it is al you need and will ever need. </div></div>
Will do & thanks! </div></div>
