Decided to get a little medieval to dry my brass.

[Ibex]

Frank,
Thanks to your guidance I am now a reformed brass washer. I haven't baked any brass in months!
I am currently shooting more than I can load, like a kid in a candy store. Rimfire, service rifle, mid range prone, team shooting. Work interferes with my free time hobby. I need to get Blondie Ibex a better paying job!

[thermaler]

hmmm...

Have you also tried laying on that thing?lol

[thermaler]

Sometimes I'll clean several thousand cases at once. These are often spent cases that have spent weeks or months piling up in the bed of my truck and are filled with dirt and badly tarnished. I give a bath in a tub filled with water, a mild soap and a touch of vinegar (acetic acid). They usually come out sparkling clean except for the toughest tarnishes. I use a heat gun that you can buy at home depot for $50 to do most of the drying. The only downfall to this process is the smaller cases sliding inside the bigger ones and trapping water--but no big deal--I doubt most people clean that many cases at a time. Then I inspect and sort, putting them in sealable jars (why I eat tons of pasta sauce, peanut butter and pickles).

[mikgarus]

I use a food dehydrator. 1 hour and done! You can also leave them out in the sun.

[fgw_in_fla]

Food dehydrator?

How do you season your brass?...

[Bach]

Sama idea. Bought it from target. $20

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae324/Bach17/Mobile%20Uploads/20140730_133508_zpsbmzvzlz2.jpg (http://s984.photobucket.com/user/Bach17/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140730_133508_zpsbmzvzlz2.jpg.html)

[pitsnipe]

Bach,


Great idea. But, what is it? Gotta know where to look at the Target store.



Snipe

[Bach]

Its called boon lawn. Should be in the baby section

http://www.booninc.com/products/Lawn/377

[devildogandboy]

after tumbling my brass, I lay them on a towel and roll them across it to dry the outside and leave them sit outside in the Arizona sun for 15-20 minutes.

Bruce

[ralphob]

Well Sparky's Idea got me thinking, I haven't found a way to dry my brass that works well for me. So I improvised on Sparkys approach and came up with this. Costs less than a few bucks and took me about a hour or so to knock it out.

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p544/ralphob/photo_zps78f493b6.jpg (http://s1155.photobucket.com/user/ralphob/media/photo_zps78f493b6.jpg.html)

[sparky123321]

Honestly, it took way toooo much time just to place each case on a nail for me. Remember, I do batches of 400-600+ at a time. I'd still consider this method for lower volumes. I went back to my old method of rolling them around on a towel in front of the dehumidifier in the basement(or I use a hair drier in the winter) after spinning a couple times in a Dillon media separator. Actually, I didn't even let them completely dry this time around before throwing them on the annealer as someone mentioned they do. Yes, they were completely dry after that.