Brass Drying question

[five.five-six]

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.

[croue]

Can you use the q-tip for more than one case if you use both ends? [emoji848]


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[MarikinaMan]

I use to lay my brass on a couple of paint drop cloths and put a fan to them. It took about 2 days in my garage.

https://imgur.com/a/7IUeDyO

No more bending for me to pick up brass and each batch dries in less than 1 hour.

I like the convenience of a case dryer. Also, small batches can be reloaded on the same day, which is cool.

[anyracoon]

I use a Lyman case dryer with extra trays. This time of the year my shop stays to cold to just let brass dry on its own.

[Mayor McRifle]

Use a food dehydrator. It’s easy, clean, quick, and effective.

[divingin]

Garage sale food dehydrator

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I got a new dehydrator off Amazon for $80.

If you can rig up something that holds the cases mouth-down, you'll cut the drying time considerably (no water pooled in bottleneck cases.)

[bruce381]

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.

yes thats right cases can even squeal if too dry going into sizer

[uechikid]

I have a shoe drying rack for our cloths dryer, and I have a mesh laundry bag. I put the wet brass in the mesh laundry bag then put that in the dryer on the shoe rack. I check it every half hour and give it a shack. Works pretty good.

[divingin]

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.

You have to mark each one with a code so you know how long it's been drying.

[gpark09]

During the summer I have a table I dry my brass on and it works fine with the heat here in CA. However, during the fall and winter months, it doesnt work so well and a fan still leaves water inside some of the brass.

I was looking at the Frankford Arsenal Dryer

https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Platinum-Brass-Reloading/dp/B00RPABBG0/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=brass+cases&qid=1606527664&sr=8-5

Or the Lyman Dryer

https://www.amazon.com/Lyman-Products-Cyclone-Brass-Dryer/dp/B07951XZ5R/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=brass+cases&qid=1606527664&sr=8-15

I know many people put them in the oven, not an option. Toaster oven, not an option. Clothes dryer, not an option. Do you guys have any useful suggestions? The larger the dryer, the better.

Thanks in advance.

If you like the cheapest one, just get the Frankford Arsenal dryer. I've had it for several years and it does what it's supposed to do.

However, it does not have the timer. Unplug it when you are done.

Hornady dryer has the timer but they cost almost twice the price. I don't know if it's worth paying that much or not.

[1911-CV]

Simple recipe

Place towel on table outside in sun.
Add brass to taste.
Sun bake for 2 hours.
Replace towel, gently rolling the brass.
Bake for 2 more hours and serve.

[TomReloaded]

Toaster ovens are under $20 brand new now. I painted mine to ensure its not used for food.

It's useful for a lot of things besides reloading too. Good garage tool.

[JackEllis]

I wash a lot of brass that hasn't been decapped. To get as much of the water out as possible, I dump a bucket of rinsed brass into a collander, let the water drain off, then dump from the collander into the bucket and toss the brass a few times, then back into the collander to drain. I repeat this until there's no more water coming out of the collander. Seems to require four or five basses.

Took less than four hours for a bunch of .223 brass to dry this morning in a 65 degree room.

[anderlink]

I put my clean, deprimed, wet brass in 3' sections of French drain sock that I got at Home Depot. Comes in long rolls and lasts forever. Tie a knot in both ends and tumble brass back and forth (like a Slinky) for a few seconds. Hang out to dry and and tumble them each time you happen to walk by. Next day you're good to go. It catches and releases SS media stuck in cases.

[Whiskey3]

Dollar store aluminium baking pan.
Paper towel on bottom.
Line bottom with brass.
Into Oven at 200.
Stir once while inside.
Remove at 30 minutes.
Repeat as needed.