Cleaning cases?

[kenbro]

Hi,
My Ultra sonic cleaner has gone kaput.
Is there a concoction to boil cases in that will clean them?
Just now I’ve got some cases boiling in water and washing up liquid.
It’s as much to get the case lube off as anything else.
Thanks,Ken.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Put brass in a cloth bag (old bank coin bag is ideal), throw into washing machine, put brass in chinese carry-out trays and leave overnite on radiator.
Make sure bag neck is securely tied - ask me how I know….

PS
Make sure Lady K is out before doing this!

 

[grimstone]

Put brass in a cloth bag (old bank coin bag is ideal), throw into washing machine, put brass in chinese carry-out trays and leave overnite on radiator.
Make sure bag neck is securely tied - ask me how I know….

PS
Make sure Lady K is out before doing this!

Bio or non bio?

 

[paul o']

£60 gets you a new one mty or old school tumble in a home made drill drum .

 

[markyw]

Wire wool and a little elbow grease, then use a neck brush before decapping/sizing, trimming, chamfering, etc. Been using the wire wool method since my tumbler melted and is quite satisfying how shiny you can get things with relatively little effort.

Regards

Mark

 

[sh1kar]

Why do you clean them?

 

[mack8317]

Dishwasher also does a good job

 

[Foxyboy43]

Dishwasher also does a good job

So I hear but haven’t the nerve to ask her…..

 

[Will the chippy]

Buy a new ultra sonic for about 60 quid and save the argument.

 

[kenbro]

Put brass in a cloth bag (old bank coin bag is ideal), throw into washing machine, put brass in chinese carry-out trays and leave overnite on radiator.
Make sure bag neck is securely tied - ask me how I know….

PS
Make sure Lady K is out before doing this!

Do the drying trays have to be Chinese?
Thanks, Ken.

 

[kenbro]

Wire wool and a little elbow grease, then use a neck brush before decapping/sizing, trimming, chamfering, etc. Been using the wire wool method since my tumbler melted and is quite satisfying how shiny you can get things with relatively little effort.

Regards

Mark

 

[kenbro]

Why do you clean them?

I noticed after several firings I can tap on an upturned case and fine black dust drops out. So cleaning the insides and removing case lube, especially in the small necks.
Ken.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Do the drying trays have to be Chinese?
Thanks, Ken.

Silly KB - don’t you know that everything is made in China now?

 

[20-250]

Ken, if you want a batch running through a wet pin tumbler, you're welcome to send them to me.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Silly KB - don’t you know that everything is made in China now?

Chatting to a chap last night from the beer brewing bottle handling industry and he was often in China he said they have technically come on in leaps and bounds since his first foray there 15 years ago he was impressed by them.

 

[DavyG]

Hi,
My Ultra sonic cleaner has gone kaput.
Is there a concoction to boil cases in that will clean them?
Just now I’ve got some cases boiling in water and washing up liquid.
It’s as much to get the case lube off as anything else.
Thanks,Ken.

Thought I’d share this ultra sonic recipe…
One tblsp of Fairy max power & 2 tblsp’s of Tesco lemon juice.

 

[fixedwheel]

Thought I’d share this ultra sonic recipe…
One tblsp of Fairy max power & 2 tblsp’s of Tesco lemon juice.

That's a bloody big neck trimmer @DavyG

 

[White Spider]

After many years of cleaning cases, I can't be bothered anymore, a swipe with wire wool is enough, the case won't last long enough to get properly fouled up.

 

[AlexD]

Dishwasher also does a good job

Except one of the residues from used cases is lead styphnate, which is water soluble, highly toxic and if your dishwasher is getting like one of ours, may end up on what you use next.
Basic rule of reloading, is do not do it in an area where people eat, where children can play, or bring anything to eat onto your reloading bench.
For the sake of £60, just buy another dedicated cleaner, or do what Eric Cortina says he does and forget about cleaning brass as he claims it makes no difference to accuracy even at national competition levels.

 

[chriswjx]

Except one of the residues from used cases is lead styphnate, which is water soluble, highly toxic and if your dishwasher is getting like one of ours, may end up on what you use next.
Basic rule of reloading, is do not do it in an area where people eat, where children can play, or bring anything to eat onto your reloading bench.
For the sake of £60, just buy another dedicated cleaner, or do what Eric Cortina says he does and forget about cleaning brass as he claims it makes no difference to accuracy even at national competition levels.

Is that not the main ingredients that goes bang in a primer? Would have thought that would pretty much all react off after detonation?