Wet Tumbling Brass - Easy way to clean brass together of different sizes

A video showing my process for cleaning my brass.

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

That laundry bag was a genius trick! Now I can clean 9mm, 5.56, 10mm and 45 acp at the same time. Thanks.

[@TheSheepDogPatriot1776]

Whenever I get range Brass, I always tumble it in a 50/50 corn cob to walnut dry tumble. Shake it out real well, Deprime, size, trim, chamfer and deburr. Then I wet tumble it with stainless steel pins, with a splash of dawn, and lemi shine. After it tumbles for about 2-3 hours, I rinse it off with water in a franklin arms strainer on top of a 5 gallon bucket to catch the pins, and then I put it on a food dehydrator rack at about 180 degrees for 2 hours. Brass comes out looking brand new. Also I find that on the bottom of the wet tumbler. Some brass shavings do like to settle, so I dump all my pins in a 5 gallon bucket, carefully dump the water and then dump all the pins onto a towel, and then use a magnet inside of a plastic cup to pick up and put back in my tumblers. As Im using the harbor freight 2x 3lb dual rock tumblers.

[@lens7859]

Want to start reloading and this way of cleaning the brass is the best and quickest I’ve seen, thanks

[@stricklyreloading8494]

if you ever wanna try dry tumbling again, try mixing a little mineral spirits in your dry tumbler. it keep the dust down and helps with cleaning. Just put enough mineral spirits to make the media look a little damp

[@jamesjohnson1595]

I need that decapping set up

[@butchgeagan9768]

Well done, clear and easy to follow.

[@glennduke7621]

I like to do stuff with epoxy resin and spent brass but i didn't know how to clean the brass fast

[@matthewporter4761]

Nice process… I noticed you are using a lee ap press to de-prime. My question is what type of case feeder are you using? Thanks

[@Namerifrats]

I use the case collator that Lee makes to use with it

[@matthewcapello8121]

Simple and easy, thank you for getting to the point with no jibberish. Question, approx what size mesh screen was that?

[@Namerifrats]

1/4" mesh I believe is what I used to make that.

[@wemcal]

Great video and great looking brass

[@jimdewitt5798]

Thank you for posting.

[@BlaserAndDesert]

Nice video. You said because of lead dust in the dry tumbler. What do you mean?

[@Namerifrats]

Most primers use a priming compound that contains lead. When you dry tumble, especially when separating the media from the brass, you are exposed to dust containing lead. The fine dust also coats your "clean" brass and gets all over you press, dies, bench, hands, clothes, furniture, etc. When wet tumbling, there is no dust.

[@blue5528]

Well done! I like the screen sifter you build. The laundry bags are a great idea, too, but I wondered -- do the stainless steel pins tear up the bags?

[@Namerifrats]

No, I have ran multiple loads through them. No damage yet. I'm sure eventually I'll need to replace them. I only use them on occasion when I have less than 400-500 pcs I need to clean.

[@FromDaPit]

That’s not a standard lee decapping die is it? I want it

[@edwindeleon5466]

thanks for sharing, well done

[@4055pat]

Do you have a part number on the lee press.

[@jpenna1976]

Is there specific reason to use Dawn? Asking, since that is not available here in Finland. We also don't have Lemi Shine, but I suppose it is mostly citric acid?

[@-Honeybee]

Lemi shine is almost entirely citric acid, I think the rest is just lemon scent. You can use just about any dish liquid, dawn is just fairly ubiquitous here in the US. 👍

[@jpenna1976]

@@-Honeybee Thanks! I will try this.

[@elmerfudd7674]

I noticed you used Lemishine Booster, others use the liquid rinse?? Make any difference ??

[@Namerifrats]

A small amount of Lemishine makes it shiny. Cosmetic only. Too much will tarnish it though. For the large FA tumbler, a 9mm case full is plenty. People will say many thing, use this or that, pins or no pins, hot water or cold. The basics are this... pins are optional, cold water works as well as hot, all the store bought cleaning packs/chemicals are not needed. Just cold water, little Dawn, hour or so in the tumbler, and you have clean brass.

[@elmerfudd7674]

@@Namerifrats Thanks but I don't think you understood my question. There is a liquid Lemi Shine Rinse and then there is the powdered Lemi Shine Booster. Are they the same??

[@Namerifrats]

@@elmerfudd7674 I apologize, I did misunderstand. I have personally never used the rinse. I have always used the powder booster and have had excellent results. It's just an option or preference thing honestly. I don't think that one would work better than the other.

[@elmerfudd7674]

@@Namerifrats Thank You

[@richardschipper5989]

I have never dried any brass. Dump them on a large bath towel, sea-saw them back and forth for a minute or two and lay them out to air dry. In the morning they'll be dry.

[@briandoody4954]

what ss pins are you using?

[@Namerifrats]

When I use pins, I use the Frankford Arsenal pins that came with the tumbler. I don't always use them.

[@briandoody4954]

I will definitely convert from dry media to wet w/pins. I do get real good results with dry media but, it does not clean the primer pockets or inside the case. Thank you for your help especially since I responded to an older video.

[@jimdewitt5798]

I’ve changed to wet tumbling it works so much better. I’ll never go back to walnuts and corncobs

[@ProjectArms4719]

Same here

[@nedgligich]

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[@EthanA1122]

excellent video...by the way!

[@Jim-oo7dk]

Its not "either walnut or corncob" - its both. You need two tumblers. When you're finishing wood or metal you don't use just ONE grit of sandpaper or steel wool, you use multiple grit.

[@Namerifrats]

I've done the dry, varies methods. Takes too long, dust, etc. I can do 1000 cases in an hour and a half, only once, with this method. No dust, and cleaner brass.

[@michaelbattin6717]

good video! thank you

[@EthanA1122]

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