Cleaning Brass

ibffsteve

Any miracle cures?

Ill be honest- I reload 9mm 90% of the time these days and 80% of the time, I dont bother to clean the brass. Just how it was removed from the range is how I process it.

Now that said- I have an RCBS sidewinder that was purchased right here on GB that can do a fine job.

My sidewinder is just like this:
https://www.GunBroker.com/item/779701837


So whats your brass polishing process?

ibffsteve

I was looking though ebay and I seen someone that had some brass said he does a three step cleaning processes. 1: wash with soap and water 2: acid bath(concentrated lemon juice and vinager) and 3: tumble.
Now my question is about the acid bath, has anyone done this?
whats the ratio of lemon and vinager? And how sould it set in solution? [8D]

ibffsteve

What were the cleaners you guys were talking about that you used to clean your brass. I think one was Kaboom. Did you mix them full strength?? how did you dry the brass??

Thanks,

bolthandle

ibffsteve: dont know about the acid bath thing.[?]

All I do is toss brass in the Lyman tumbler with the green corncob media and let it work for 24 hours.

Does all I need to it.[^]

Bolt

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dheffley

I've done it, and it's a waist of time. After washing with soap and water, I rinse and let dry, then tumble. It does well.

All the acid is doing is neutralizing the soap. If you rinse well, you don't need it.

Measure twice, cut once.

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