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Well Baked Brass
The Old Salt
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Cleaned some brass in my ultrasound cleaned. Then put it in the oven in a shallow baking pan at 200 deg last night to dry out.Oven was set for 2 hours. Before I could remove it today the wife fired up the oven at 400 deg to cook dinner. When she opened up the oven door there was the well baked brass. Took it out and let it air cool. Other than being discolored it looks OK.
Anyone else go through this who would care to chime in?
Believe I need to hit the thrift store for an old counter top toaster oven to eliminate this problem.
Anyone else go through this who would care to chime in?
Believe I need to hit the thrift store for an old counter top toaster oven to eliminate this problem.
Comments
cases get to a plum color??
Read this webpage.
http://www.annealingmachines.com/how-to-anneal.html
Added should read do "you" load on the full tilt side. Sorry, I'm still having eye trouble from the last shot in the eye,
What cartridge and do load on the full tilt side, plus does the action/barrel support the case well. I would keep them segregated in case the head/web is too soft to support high pressure properly.
you mean DON'T load on the full tilt..[;)]
Also feel how the primers seat?
http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html
Yes before I got a safe I hid my money in the oven paper will burn [:0]
Guys like you have money to burn[:D]
I do like the shoe rack dryer idea especially since our 2nd dryer is in the same room as my ultrasonic cleaner! Daaa, why didn't I think of that one!
Thanks & Merry Christmas to all!
Even though she only set the oven to 400, many of the cases even after cooling look purple at the base ejector ring. I was advised by a tool & die friend to not reload them, and he knows how I load. So they r going into the scrap brass file. Besides, it's not worth the risk!
I do like the shoe rack dryer idea especially since our 2nd dryer is in the same room as my ultrasonic cleaner! Daaa, why didn't I think of that one!
Thanks & Merry Christmas to all!
Good and safe decision. While the oven AIR temp might have been 400 the metal racks and pan and brass could have got hotter.
That's why I asked if they got to the plum
{purple} color, thats the stage that the metal changes.