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This.Dont overthink this. You dont need brass with a mirror like finish as itll all end up on the ground anyways. Get it clean and shiny enough to find cracks and damaged cases.
This (again).Dont overthink this. You dont need brass with a mirror like finish as itll all end up on the ground anyways. Get it clean and shiny enough to find cracks and damaged cases.
Im going to sayWhat do you guys perfer? Need to buy one and can’t decide
i dont care if its shiny as long as it loads correctly and goes bangWow, can't wait to see the replies.... this is right up there with a Ford vs. Chevy convos. I give you my opinion and as usual, to you it will probably be worth 2 cents. I'm not a fan of ultra sonic for my brass. I love my ultra sonic for parts. Why? I can't say there is a scientific reason or performance reason... I think it came down to I didn't want to keep buying the solution and the volume wasn't big enough. Again not performance, but several batches of brass can out very oddly stained and spotted (which I'm sure most will say was user error). Tumbling I ended up going with wet tumbling. Don't' mind dealing with the water or drying. Again, never saw a performance difference and I'm not sure the dust created by the vibration media is really a thing to be worried about. Wet tumbling just fits my setup and
My fast method is a old T shirt and a few taps on the bench.Started cleaning in a bucket
Switched to ultrasonic and now wet tumble without pins
Whatever is fastest to get them clean enough to load.