Brass Drying question

[five.five-six]

Actually the fine dust acts like a dry lube, kinda like graphite. Wet tumbling leaves brass too clean such that it's susceptible to galling the die interior if not properly lubed.

That's why I lube my wet tumbled brass, then dry tumble the finished product in walnut and nufinish

[michaelf3]

Throw the brass on the shoe rack and put them in the cloth dryer for 45 minutes.

[NoHeavyHitter]

Go buy yourself an oven, you have no idea of what you are missing. The best part is that you'll be able to use it for cooking meals that taste so much better and can leave the "microwave only" cooking life behind.

[checkenbach]

I use a bit of Jet Dry-Dawn-Simple Green in my wet/steel pin tumble mix. Separate pins and brass, rinse thoroughly until no soapy bubbles, shake the hell out of them in a towel. They’re dry in about an hour, less if I rinse with hot water.

[ar15robert]

i have laid on a towel grabs the wifes hair dryer and blow the brass shake around

[slamfire1]

Brass Annealing:



Early Naramore, Major Ordnance Dept Reserve, Small Arms Publishing , 1937

[Donny1]

I always have brass stored in various stages. I just take a few minutes here and there to wash, dry, tumble and store in separate labeled containers. There is always something clean, prepped and ready to load.

Just get ahead of the game and you will never have to worry about waiting for brass to dry. I'm not loading any .223 right now but I just sized and trimmed 500 cases, labeled them and added them to the shelf, then I found 500 more already primed I forgot about.

[MarikinaMan]

any food dehydrator will do. brass will dry in under an hour.

[XDJYo]

1) Nitrile gloves to keep hand oils from tarnishing brass
2) Dry exterior 2250 GSM turkish towels. One for each piece of brass
3) Q-tips to dry interior.
4) Set headstamp up while fanning with ostrich feathers at 32 bpm for 4 hours.

[Squ1dward]

Thanks boys...

[Dave626]

Get a small air compressor, blow out the water from the case mouth then flash holes. It will dry much faster.

['ol shooter]

Get a small air compressor, blow out the water from the case mouth then flash holes. It will dry much faster.

Yeah, I can really see me doing that with 5-600 cases at a time, which is a typical batch for me.

[golfish]

I would set brass on micro fiber towels and run the fan

You could also move the fan around so it reaches all the areas inside and outside. If it's now a whole lot of brass just point the mouth of the brass towards the fan.
I use RO/DI water for a final rinse. You could also use distilled water. It keeps the water deposits off the brass, if that bothers you.

[noylj]

Dry indoor on counter.

[SmokeTheClay]

i have laid on a towel grabs the wifes hair dryer and blow the brass shake around

Paper bowl lined with tin foil

Hair dryer for about 10 minutes.

Done