Drying Pistol Brass

[Stkx66]

I'm looking for suggestions on how to dry pistol brass. 200-500 casings at a time. I tumble in walnut media and rather than just blowing off the brass with an air nozzle and begin reloading I decided to wash the brass in soap and water to get rid of dust residue. I'm having a hard time getting the inside of the brass casings dry. Don't laugh but when DLW wasn't looking I put casings in a steel basket on the stationary rack that comes with our front loading dryer. It works but takes many tries because the dryer shuts off. Cycle complete. I remember seeing a homemade 5 gal. bucket type dryer but can't find it anywhere- Thank You

[CSACANNONEER]

Why wash the dust off? I've never done that. Why not just put the brass on a towel in the sun for a few hours?

[Stkx66]

So you are saying skip the wash cycle and do a better job blowing them off?
It seems like there is always some walnut media that I miss and eventually it gets into my Dillon 550 reloader. Walnut media sticks to the Dillon case lube- I reload mostly for 10mm. I want the casings cleaner before I resize in my GRX 40/10mm single stage resizer and then onto reloading. This is what I'm trying to do.

[sigfan]

I use a cheap dehydrator to dry my brass

[Pauliedad]

That dust is exactly why I went to corncob.
That said, I roll my wet cases (usually rifle but I do wet tumble .45colt and .50ae) around in a towel then spread out on a cookie sheet and place in oven on 200 for 30 min. Much longer and they will discolor.

[BigBronco]

If you are going to wash them after tumbling. Why not just wet tumble with stainless media from the get go.

[BeFrank]

Drying Brass

I tried a few things,
Final rinse with distilled or rain water
roll them in paper towels then cook them on a cookie sheet at 180F
Sun dry.
Then I changed my setup
1) De-prime, scrape primer hole and if its the first time through, de-bur the flash hole
2) Ultrasonic clean
3) Rinse in hot tap water
4) Dry in vibratory tumbler, corn cob media

This routine works well for nice shiny brass inside and out. There is very little if any dust that I can see and the corncob media never seems to get dirty.

[Stkx66]

If you are going to wash them after tumbling. Why not just wet tumble with stainless media from the get go.

When I got into reloading I bought a Thumlers Tumbler Ultra Vibe 18.

[CK_32]

Move to SS... (Best thing you'll ever do)

Then dump in a towel and shake until moist, then either oven or let sit in the sun. I choose the sun cause I'm too lazy to watch the over lol

[CSACANNONEER]

So you are saying skip the wash cycle and do a better job blowing them off?
It seems like there is always some walnut media that I miss and eventually it gets into my Dillon 550 reloader. Walnut media sticks to the Dillon case lube- I reload mostly for 10mm. I want the casings cleaner before I resize in my GRX 40/10mm single stage resizer and then onto reloading. This is what I'm trying to do.

I'm saying that I have never rinsed the dust off or blown the dust off after tumbling with walnut. I've never had an issue with media and my 550. I do not lube straight wall cartridges like 10mm.

[Oceanbob]

Drop the lube on those 10MM cases. They don't need lube. (Assuming carbide dies).

I am seriously thinking about investing in a stainless steel system. Trying to decide the best route.

[ar15barrels]

I'm looking for suggestions on how to dry pistol brass. 200-500 casings at a time. I tumble in walnut media and rather than just blowing off the brass with an air nozzle and begin reloading I decided to wash the brass in soap and water to get rid of dust residue.

First off, DON'T remove the dust.
That dust acts as a dry lube when you are sizing the cases in carbide dies as well as seating bullets.
The dust is actually beneficial to the overall reloading process.

[Mot Mi]

The things some reloaders do puzzles me beyond relief after you tumble just go about reloading them. I use walnut and I dont get dust or walnut over my rcbs or 650. I dont understand if youre going to wash them just get into ss media and wet tumbling.

[AandO]

To avoid the Dust issue and get better cleaning and polishing use Nu-finish liquid Car Wax.

Use just enough to control the Dust.

I also toss in a used Dryer Sheet to collect the dirt and extend the life of the tumbler media being used. The Dryer Sheet acts as a polisher rag as well.

I only use Walnut on the Dirtiest of Brass. For all other Brass I use Corn Cob from Midway.

Try it out, it works great. I've never washed Brass and kinda chuckled when I first saw this thread...

['ol shooter]

I wet tumble now, but when I dry tumbled, I used a couple pieces of dryer sheets in the media, and they came out with very little dust. I dry my brass on baking sheets lined with paper towels in the oven at the lowest setting, mine goes down to 170, and they dry real nice after an hour. I pre dry them some by rolling them back and forth in a bath towel.