Anyone got one ? thoughts on them for brass. I was looking into wet tumblers but when I saw I can get a sonic jewellery cleaner for about $50 I thought it could be worth a try?
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Anyone got one ? thoughts on them for brass. I was looking into wet tumblers but when I saw I can get a sonic jewellery cleaner for about $50 I thought it could be worth a try?
Yes I have one. Works great, no peening from stainless pins bashing around. It all about what you put in the water. If you get one let me know I have some magic to put in with the water that works well.
The tumblers do such a nice job though ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by johnd
I bought the hornady one.
Use water and solutions - but no solvents. Plastic basket doesn't like them.
Brass turns out sweet and cleans the pockets
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by scottrods
I got a cheap $50 one too. Cleans really well. Have done 1000's of cases with it and no issues.
I got a cheap one on Gadgetmans recommendation. Hes not wrong, it has cleaned everything I have chucked in it brilliantly.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Hi Strider,Quote:
Originally Posted by Strider
Can you possibly include a photo or link to what you got? I am really interested to see what these cheaper units look like (I have not started reloading as yet, so I have no feel for what you would be looking for)
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Thanks a mil!Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
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they very noisy?
Not too bad. A bit of a hum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Willus
What are you using for fluid?
I have had poor results cleaning cases.
I use warm water, 1/2 tsp citric acid and a couple of drops of detergent. Rinse off in hot tap water a couple of times. Comes out clean and shiny, but dulls over time like clean brass does. A bit of sizing lube would likely keep it shiny.
water a little white vinegar will work wonders, for really stubborn stuff use water and a splash of hydrogen peroxide. i used to use one on circuit boards. but it got damaged beyond repair in the quakes.
That's what I use, my cleaner only has a 7-min cycle so I run it 3-4 times until the primer pockets a clean, then warm water (hot tap water) rinse. Then roll between 2 old tea towels and then blow out with compressed air and then ready to loadQuote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Good to know.
I have a fair bit of citric acid.
Same as I use but I add a drop or two of car washnwax stops the dullingQuote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
"flitz" metal polish is the stuff for keeping brass shiny
tumblers and corn husk are cheap and work great if allowed to run overnight.
Thanks for the tips guys.
My $100 1.5 liter sonic cleaner turned up yesterday. Did a sample run of 3 x 480 second runs...... it seemed towork out good. Took all the crud out of the lettering. I will run it through a standard corn media tumbler after sizing.
I'm interested in the sonic cleaner route also.
It seems simpler but I'm wondering why you go back to the corn media tumbler for a second clean ?
Does the sonic cleaner miss something?
1.5 liter seems a good size
I have an ultrasonic cleaner. About 1.8L capacity.
I use 1.5 L of nearly boiling water, 2 tsp of citric acid (cheapest house brand) and 2 tsp of dishwashing liquid.
Its maximum cycle is 8 minutes. For the first couple of loads this is sufficient. Subsequent loads need a 2nd cycle.
After ultrasonic cleaning I oven dry the cases at 120 C for 10 minutes and then allow to dry on a clean towel.
The cases don't come out shiny but do come out clean. I never have to separately clean primer pockets.
The residual dirty water goes on the lawn.
The reasoning for the media tumble was only to remove case lube, if I do a bump or f/l resize and also if there was any water left in the case this would get rid of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by widerange
Presently trying out the lee collett die so no case lube ( or going into media tumbler ) untill a case bump is indicated
This photo shows a small improvement on the cases.... admittedly they are once fired and have been tumbled on a corn media tumbler prior to this but I was impressed how it ( the sonic ) removed the annealing colour band
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or Autosol ( Repco have it on special fairly regularly).Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
