6.5-06 TIKKA
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Ultrasonic is the way to go...
Switched 30 years ago and never looked back...
Buy a cheap one and try it...
Switched 30 years ago and never looked back...
Buy a cheap one and try it...
Drying cases after tumbling.
- Thread starter Bavarianbrit
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My recipe
Ultrasonic - from Amazon - about £25. Citric acid and washing up liquid in warm water......two cycles and then rinse in warm water then into the air fryer for 2 mins on 40C on a liner paper. Leave for another 10 mins ........or forget and **** off the next user when they find them in there......
Dry and sparkly.....
Ultrasonic - from Amazon - about £25. Citric acid and washing up liquid in warm water......two cycles and then rinse in warm water then into the air fryer for 2 mins on 40C on a liner paper. Leave for another 10 mins ........or forget and **** off the next user when they find them in there......
Dry and sparkly.....
Hazardous dust given off, doesn’t clean the primer pockets, is no less / more effort than wet tumbling.What’s the matter with a regular tumbler, corn cob media and a dollop it T cut?
Cooorrr you lot make hard work of it
Doesn’t give shiny, new looking cases like wet dunking does.
Started with an ultrasonic, went to wet tumbling and never looked back.
shbangsteve
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Why do people clean their cases so diligently ?
Does making them shiny improve accuracy ?
Is there anything wrong with a bit of wire wool ?
Does making them shiny improve accuracy ?
Is there anything wrong with a bit of wire wool ?
Leec6.5
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Yep that works
paul o'
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Made one like that years ago my pal still has it as i now use a food dehumidifier.
I used to lay kitchen roll over the pins in my case to aid drying .
I think some of you need to look at time management, 
if you have to reload your cleaned brass the same day then look at starting the cleaning a day or 2 earlier.
All this talk of dehumidifier's, hairdryers (probably just for Creedmore brass) or popping into the oven with the Victoria Sandwich, just clean a couple of days before and air dry.
if you have to reload your cleaned brass the same day then look at starting the cleaning a day or 2 earlier.All this talk of dehumidifier's, hairdryers (probably just for Creedmore brass) or popping into the oven with the Victoria Sandwich, just clean a couple of days before and air dry.
6.5-06 TIKKA
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You can have shiny new cases by doing the following.
Deprime cases.
Take plastic basket out of ultrasonic as it absorbs 30% of waves.
Put said cases in a clip top food bag to act as the barrier between the bath and cases.
Into the bath add Creme of Tartar, an oxidising agent...a teaspoon is good forv100 223 cases.
Set for 12 minutes.
Have a cuppa.
Rinse said cases until happy .
Tried and tested for 30 years and no hassles...honest.
Do not put cases directly onto metal bath or bang.....
Was shown by a gunsmith shooter who was an engineer...
Photos available...
Deprime cases.
Take plastic basket out of ultrasonic as it absorbs 30% of waves.
Put said cases in a clip top food bag to act as the barrier between the bath and cases.
Into the bath add Creme of Tartar, an oxidising agent...a teaspoon is good forv100 223 cases.
Set for 12 minutes.
Have a cuppa.
Rinse said cases until happy .
Tried and tested for 30 years and no hassles...honest.
Do not put cases directly onto metal bath or bang.....
Was shown by a gunsmith shooter who was an engineer...
Photos available...
I’ve used a few methods including warm air from a hair dryer or even the oven. A mesh bag works ok if you leave them long enough or next to a radiator.
I’ve recently had some 3D printed case holders made up that hold the case upside down and open at the bottom for airflow and drainage, placed on top of a radiator they dry quite quickly.
I’ve recently had some 3D printed case holders made up that hold the case upside down and open at the bottom for airflow and drainage, placed on top of a radiator they dry quite quickly.
Bavarianbrit
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The pins burnish the cases so in theory there is a greater surface area of brass that will grip the chamber walls during combustion. But nit picking in the extreme, do I need therapy? 
If you’re cleaning 2-300 cases at a time the wire wool method gets more than a little tedious.
Now we’re into ‘recipes’ … this comes up every year so I’ve just done a search on it and found my post on last year’s thread… which includes a link to a previous thread including contributions from the late Alantoo on the subject.This has been discussed a lot over the years and I’ve just done a search for Ultrasonic by fizzbangwhallop which brings up quite a lot of the threads I, and many others including the late great Alantoo, have contributed to. Theres a lot of good info in those threads…. and worth a read.
Google search results
www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk
I’m still using the 6litre with the degaussing feature, rainwater out of the butt, 2 pickled onion jars, citric acid, fairy and rinshine… and the Lakeland food dehydrator. The U/S was also very useful when getting the bike back on the road although I wished I’d bought a 7 litre version at times.
Cheers
Fizz
I still use my decent sized tank(, big enough for bike bits etc) with its heater and degaussing function, rainwater, two pickled onion jars, level teaspoon of citric, drop of washing up liquid and a drop of rinshine. Rinsed off then rinsed again in a solution of bicarbonate of soda in hot water, rinsed in cold, blown through with an airline and into the Lakeland. Sounds longwinded but hey, works for me.
Cheers
Fizz
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shakey jake
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No way would my paterdale have ever help drying cases, good dog you have thereNow we’re into ‘recipes’ … this comes up every year so I’ve just done a search on it and found my post on last year’s thread… which includes a link to a previous thread including contributions from the late Alantoo on the subject.
I still use my decent sized tank(, big enough for bike bits etc) with its heater and degaussing function, rainwater, two pickled onion jars, level teaspoon of citric, drop of washing up liquid and a drop of rinshine. Rinsed off then rinsed again in a solution of bicarbonate of soda in hot water, rinsed in cold, blown through with an airline and into the Lakeland. Sounds longwinded but hey, works for me.
Cheers
Fizz
I place the wet cases in a reloading tray as follows and put the tray into the airing cupboard. A hole has been drilled in each cavity to let the air circulate.
Regards
JCS
Regards
JCS
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