Brass cleaning methods, who does what?

[ejg223]

Even specialized industrial furnaces have difficulties holding 10 deg C consistantly

within the chamber at these low temperatures.

I dry at 60 - 70 deg C and wouldn't consider going over 100C with brass.

Why would one want to go over 100 anyway, water boils at...

 

edi

[craigyboy]

I use a dry air compressor to do mine, takes only a few minutes to do about 50 cases and they are bone dry.

[Finman]

Hi chaps,

 

thanks for the recommendations. Craig, I used the air compressor as well, but, apart from having cases flying all over the place and me spending hours trying to locate them under the clutter in my garage, I was never able to have them dry the same way as when putting them in the oven; but that may be just my technique or the power of my compressor. And ejg223, I shall try next time to have them in a very low temperature (60-80C) so that if there are any issues with the alloy getting annealed I will avoid these.

 

Best wishes,

 

Finman

[Goldfish]

I got one of these for £19

 

It can do 30 .243 cases at a time.

 

60% warm water 40% vineger and a dash of fairy liguid.

 

Clean out the primer pocket, throw them in the bath then run it through about five 3 minute cycles.

 

Its a 50W unit

 

See here

 

Rinse in warm water then throw them in a Percil wash tablet bag and hang them in the airing cupboard over night