Drying brass after wet tumbling

[tony b]

sun or oven either works great for me

 

[Dowtom]

Do you put the stainless steel pins in the zippered pillow case with the brass when you wet tumble?

Actually no, I haven't but I should try it. Don't knock it till you try it... Regardless don't tell the wife lol

 

[HogCommander]

I put wet brass in an old towel, bunch up each end of the towel (one in each hand) and lift alternating ends of the towel up. When lifting one end up the brass tumbles downward inside the towel and gets rid of most of the water. After doing this for about 30 seconds or so for each batch of brass I let it air dry overnight...ready to go the next day.

 

[teratos]

I use the media separator and shake that around quite a bit. It gets a lot of the water off.

 

[Pinecone]

And miss out on all the advantages? No way. I still use walnut media in a vibratory tumbler for small batches, or if I am in a hurry, but the stainless pins / wet method give me far better results. It is very easy to spot issues during inspection of brass that has been wet tumbled.

Far better how?

Shinier? And how does that make it shoot better? What issues are you seeing so much better?

 

[teratos]

Far better how? Shinier? And how does that make it shoot better? What issues are you seeing so much better?

Very clean, even inside. Primer pockets are clean, too.

 

[Traveler]

Far better how?

Shinier? And how does that make it shoot better? What issues are you seeing so much better?

Very clean, even inside. Primer pockets are clean, too.

Yup. I have tried a couple of methods. Stainless pins with the wet method is a tiny bit more work, but I have recovered some very nasty brass. Easily worth the tiny bit more trouble in my opinion.

I was even able to recover brass that had been in a huge barrel with steel cartridges. Walnut or corncob was not going to get that crud off. Free brass is good brass.