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Post by wvhunter460 on Jan 17, 2022 15:32:15 GMT -5
So for nearly 20 yrs. I have been dry tumbling my brass with the primers in then popping out the primers and cleaning the primer pockets . I just watched a couple videos one from fortunecookie45lc talking about the lead contamination from the dry dust from the media. Thoughts ? I never realized this was an issue . Should I tumble outside ? Or does the contamination really only occur when changing media ?
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Post by 41freak on Jan 17, 2022 17:00:12 GMT -5
I started wet tumbling a year ago using lemishine, dawn and car wax. I changed because I can clean very dirty brass in about 45 minutes as well as do 500+ at a time. When I was dry tumbling it took 3-4 hours and at most could do 150 or so cases depending on size if the brass.
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Post by wvhunter460 on Jan 17, 2022 19:41:35 GMT -5
I started wet tumbling a year ago using lemishine, dawn and car wax. I changed because I can clean very dirty brass in about 45 minutes as well as do 500+ at a time. When I was dry tumbling it took 3-4 hours and at most could do 150 or so cases depending on size if the brass. Wow, I definitely see the advantage there for sure. How long does it take for the brass to dry . Especially after rinsing . I worry about missing some drop of water somewhere . I have used case cleaner that I had to rinse brass with water. I used to dry them with a hairdryer. What really made me quit was I had a squib load in a .454 casull and thank God I knew it felt different than a regular shot . Worst thing was I was cut down on a nice buck and pulled the trigger when it happened. Had to drive 45 minutes back to the house and find a wooden dowel rod to drive the bullet out. I always blamed the way I had cleaned the cases. There was a lot of powder still left in the case . |
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Post by cr390gt on Jan 17, 2022 19:42:45 GMT -5
Wet tumbling is the only way to go I switched about 10 years ago my dry tumblers only get used occasionally for small batch to remove case lube
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Post by wvhunter460 on Jan 17, 2022 19:51:37 GMT -5
Wet tumbling is the only way to go I switched about 10 years ago my dry tumblers only get used occasionally for small batch to remove case lube Well, I may have to try this new method. I guess I never have confidence in my abilities. |
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Post by jgt on Jan 18, 2022 12:09:24 GMT -5
Nothing new under the sun. When I first started loading back in the bronze age we mostly used Thumbler Rock Tumblers. Everyone wet tumbled. When vibrating tumblers came out they were much easier and faster to use as we had no stainless steel media then. Walnut tumbling media did the work and it was a lot easier to remove the top while running to check the progress of the shine on your cases. It was also less trouble to separate the media from the cases. Some now prefer to return to wet tumbling and if one likes it better, I see no harm in it. I don't plan on it in my lifetime.
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Post by leadhound on Jan 18, 2022 13:21:49 GMT -5
So for nearly 20 yrs. I have been dry tumbling my brass with the primers in then popping out the primers and cleaning the primer pockets . I just watched a couple videos one from fortunecookie45lc talking about the lead contamination from the dry dust from the media. Thoughts ? I never realized this was an issue . Should I tumble outside ? Or does the contamination really only occur when changing media ? Dust from the tumbling as well as shooting at indoor ranges can increase lead levels. Only way to know is to have a lead test done to check your levels and see if you are affected. As far as the drying laying out in a single layer on a towel with a fan across them and occasionally rolling them around works for me. Some guys have used dehydrators and some have built shaker screens to have airflow on both sides. |
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Post by jd on Jan 18, 2022 15:42:10 GMT -5
To help eliminate dust from dry tumbling, put in a couple of dryer anti-cling sheets in your tumbler. They collect all the loose dust...
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Post by 41freak on Jan 18, 2022 19:23:36 GMT -5
I started wet tumbling a year ago using lemishine, dawn and car wax. I changed because I can clean very dirty brass in about 45 minutes as well as do 500+ at a time. When I was dry tumbling it took 3-4 hours and at most could do 150 or so cases depending on size if the brass. Wow, I definitely see the advantage there for sure. How long does it take for the brass to dry . Especially after rinsing . I worry about missing some drop of water somewhere . I have used case cleaner that I had to rinse brass with water. I used to dry them with a hairdryer. What really made me quit was I had a squib load in a .454 casull and thank God I knew it felt different than a regular shot . Worst thing was I was cut down on a nice buck and pulled the trigger when it happened. Had to drive 45 minutes back to the house and find a wooden dowel rod to drive the bullet out. I always blamed the way I had cleaned the cases. There was a lot of powder still left in the case . Well, I take all of the damp cases and put a towel in a large oven pan, dump the drained cases in and do a quick dry/blot/roll across the towel with most of the water off, then place the pan in the sun and let it do it's magic. Also by using the car wax I haven't had any issues with water spots. Here are some 45GAP brass that I cleaned with some 300 Blackout brass (I like to use smaller cases with larger cases so the smaller ones clean the inside of the larger ones.) Here are the dirty cases.  And after 45 minutes of cleaning.  |
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 19, 2022 4:47:51 GMT -5
I usually spread a towel out on my shops floor and spread the brass out to dry overnight. But if I'm in a hurry I'll toss them in an old food dehydrator for an hour or so
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 19, 2022 11:28:08 GMT -5
Hurry and brass prep in the same sentence Bigbore, ugh.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 19, 2022 13:27:47 GMT -5
Hurry and brass prep in the same sentence Bigbore, ugh. Well it's a relative hurry. |
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 19, 2022 14:56:21 GMT -5
By relative I mean I can't wait for my son to do it.
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 20, 2022 8:37:24 GMT -5
I know I am not going back to dry media. Cases look so much better with wet tumbling. I do occasionally get a pin or two stuck in a case mouth but I also got dry media stuck in cases occasionally. Bottle-neck rifle cases seem the most prone to this. I bought a dehydrator at Goodwill for 3 bucks because it didnt have trays. 10 bucks of 1/4 inch screen wire and some left over hog panels fixed that.
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Post by justahunter on Jan 24, 2022 7:38:39 GMT -5
I went to wet tumbling 3 years ago as an experiment and to learn more about it. Dry did a good job, but then I had to clean the dust off the case and media out of the flash hole. Wet did a better job but add drying time and picking steel pins out of the flash hole and occasional ones that get jammed across the mouth of wide enough cases. I originally started drying cases on a cookie sheet in the oven at low temp but bought a dryer from Fanklin Armory that does a better job and isn't in the oven. My wife prefers that. I also use my RCBS media separator to get rid of most of the pins and water from cases before drying. If you can, use distilled water or you'll get spots on your cases.
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