Love it. Just ran it less than 10 min ago. For filthy brass, I may let it run for 1-1/2 to 2 hrs. For brass I just shot, only 1/2 to 1 hr.
I use a little lemishine and dawn in the water to clean and brighten the brass.
I have done it with primers in and out. The brass drains better and cleans pockets better with primers out.
I then take it to the shower tub. Place the frankford arsenal seperator pan inside a appropriatly sized plastic pan. Shake it. Shuffle it. Rinse it. Repeat untill I get no more pins out. I found that if half the seperator pan, or more, is submerged in water and tipped at 45degrees; you can swirl the brass with your hand to get most of the pins out.
Bottle neck cases can get pins stuck in the necks, especially 22-250 and 223. Expect the smaller the worse they stick. Large straight wall cases eat smaller brass and can get stuck. I would recommend doing straight walled cases in sorted batches. 460sw cases eat 223, 9mm, 357,38, and 300 blk.
To dry. I shake the brass in a towel and drop into a 1/4" mesh pan I made. I then cook it in a convection oven at 250f for 20 min if no primers. 30+ min if with primers. I believe that 250f is well bellow to the point of anealing brass. Then let air cool. Usually it will be cleaner than factory. Old range scrap will still look like clean range scrap, but if your brass is in good condition, it will look great.
Water quality may be an issue with the last rinse. High tds water / hard water will leave spots or discoloration. I recommend perfectly soft water for rinse, possibly even ro or drinking water for last rinse.
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