Guys are claiming 1.5-2 hours to completely clean their brass. Not so with me. I have the faster tumbling Thumblers, use 6-7 lbs of pins - tried 5lbs too, use Lemishine and whatever dish soap wifey has on hand. It takes a good 5 hours to get the normal amount of brass perfectly clean. Any less time and there are remnants of carbon residue inside cases or near the flash hole in the primer pocket. Sometimes I put in some fresh cleaning solution half way through if I run a larger amount of brass but that effects how shiny the brass is not necessarily that it's perfectly clean if taken out in 3-4 hours.
I have a ultrasonic that I used to use to soften the carbon but doing so is also time consuming and a bit of a hassle checking back on the ultraS every half hour which is the max run time.
Wishing there was a carbon softener that won't affect the brass that I could soak the brass in a container overnight to save time tumbling. Is there such a thing?
I have a ultrasonic that I used to use to soften the carbon but doing so is also time consuming and a bit of a hassle checking back on the ultraS every half hour which is the max run time.
Wishing there was a carbon softener that won't affect the brass that I could soak the brass in a container overnight to save time tumbling. Is there such a thing?