Yea!!!!! Brass day!!!

Decap, wet tumble for 3 hours, now the dehydrator! Now working on the next 500! Then only around 2500 more to start! I hate brass day!!!

Hmmm.... I think I prefer: dump in vibe cleaner, come back 2 hours later and separate.

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That's where I'm at as well...

dronning wrote:

James Hensler wrote:Decap, wet tumble for 3 hours, now the dehydrator! Now working on the next 500! Then only around 2500 more to start! I hate brass day!!!

2,500 45acp & 25lb of SS pins: BIGGDAWG

Damn BigDog! 
Because I am a poor boy from a poor family I have to use a Franklin Arsenal Tumblr with pins. I do have a good recipe for 500! They look better than new ones!

Oh did I mention Hand prime and Expand???

I was lucky to buy older version of Infante S9 - https://www.infanteultrasonics.com/product-page/s9

Use it for multiple purposes, including wet brass cleaning with citric acid. I'm limited by the container capacities as opposed to tank of the cleaner. Still cleaning several thousand of 45 ACP and other calibers at one time. 60-80 minutes (it has 20 minutes timer, or I can do un-timed cleaning.), then loading 9-trays dehydrizer for overnight drying. Side effect of the process is that brass gets some sort of coating that makes it lubed alike, and decreases resistance while being sized and charged. Brass comes out dull (non-shiny) color wise, but very clean. If I want to shine it up, I can ran brass through dry media with added polishing compound, but I normally don't.

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PhotoEscape wrote:I was lucky to buy older version of Infante S9 - https://www.infanteultrasonics.com/product-page/s9

Use it for multiple purposes, including wet brass cleaning with citric acid.  I'm limited by the container capacities as opposed to tank of the cleaner.  Still cleaning several thousand of 45 ACP and other calibers at one time.  60-80 minutes (it has 20 minutes timer, or I can do un-timed cleaning.), then loading 9-trays dehydrizer for overnight drying.  Side effect of the process is that brass gets some sort of coating that makes it lubed alike, and decreases resistance while being sized and charged.  Brass comes out dull (non-shiny) color wise, but very clean.  If I want to shine it up, I can ran brass through dry media with added polishing compound, but I normally don't.

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Now that’s just being a Prick! Lol

Come on who’s using a concrete mixer!! Lmao

James Hensler wrote:

Now that’s just being a Prick! Lol

Come on who’s using a concrete mixer!! Lmao

Actually my friend is using concrete mixer............... for coating bullets.

Anyway, there was a tread here on forum on the subject of brass cleaning in connotation of blood lead level and its mitigation. I had to change my ways, and so that was the direction I took. Similar solutions can actually be found for prices compatible with cost of Frankfort Arsenal cleaner. i.e. https://www.ebay.com/itm/30L-Capacity-Industry-Heated-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-Cleaning-Equipment-Heater-Timer/392555683571?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Dd5a65114140b4e64bad577edaf5fc88b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D323862242126%26itm%3D392555683571%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

I wanted something sturdier / commercial grade, as I use same unit to clean some of my guns and parts. Similar level units a bit more expensive, but also not something outrages - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Steel-0-8-30-Liter-Industry-Heat-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-Heater-w-Timer/323843264703?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Dd5a65114140b4e64bad577edaf5fc88b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D323862242126%26itm%3D323843264703%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Obviously there will be need for some additional items, i.e. baskets. However you also can use plastic baskets you get from your produce store when buying strawberries or similar.

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Yeah my lead level was a 16 and I have it down a little to 13

Jerry Miculek uses a cement mixer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5y_dsP3dsM

dronning wrote:

James Hensler wrote:Decap, wet tumble for 3 hours, now the dehydrator! Now working on the next 500! Then only around 2500 more to start! I hate brass day!!!

2,500 45acp & 25lb of SS pins: BIGGDAWG

Now that is a tumbler, nice!