Originally Posted by
sparky123321
I normally use less Dawn and more Lemishine. However, as I mentioned above you can skip the Lemishine and just add it to your second to last rinse. The SS pins and hot water really do all the work. The Dawn helps to remove any oils or wax. The Lemishine, which is a weak acid, will make your brass shiny and keep it from tarnishing. It's also important to spin your brass in a media separator to remove as much water as possible. I rinse and spin my brass in a Dillon media separator after cleaning with SS pins. I fill the media separator tub up with clean water and slowly spin the basket. After a couple rinsing like this, draining off the dirty water and using fresh water each time, all of the pins are out of the cases and the brass is completely rinsed. In the summer I just put the garden hose in the media separator tub and let it overflow as I slowly spin the basket. I then roll the brass around on a towel to remove more water. My last step is to further dry the brass using a hair drier on them. They're pretty dry at this point and there will only be a little water left inside bolt neck cases. In the Summer I just put the towel in front of the dehumidifier down the basement and let them air dry over night after rolling them around on the towel first to remove the water from the outside of the cases.
Lately, I've been using the SS pins in combination with a vibratory cleaner with corncob. I first deprime the brass and clean them in SS pins. After the cases are clean I may anneal them if I feel it's time. I then lightly spay the clean cases with a quality case lube, I use Sharp Shoot R Royal Case Sizing Lube Aerosol, and resize(normally FL). The last step is 5-10 minutes in the vibratory cleaner just to remove the case lube.