Ultra Sonic case cleaner

[GSXRK5]

Dump some polish in the tumbler with the brass, also if the tumbler top isn't sealed a dryer sheet will cut the dust down some as well.

Gonna try that! I've heard that before but completely forgot about it.

[dee]

I have an ultrasonic unit I use to clean M/C carbs and other small parts, I'll have to give it a try! It has a heater and multiple time settings and a decent sized basket....

I would imagine it would work better than the cheap one I bought.

Gonna try that! I've heard that before but completely forgot about it.

I was shocked when I tried the dryer sheet after a friend mentioned it.

[GSXRK5]

Dump some polish in the tumbler with the brass, also if the tumbler top isn't sealed a dryer sheet will cut the dust down some as well.

What polish do you use? I dunno if my media was old or something else. After I left some shells in there for a few hours they came out stained green. Dumped media and put new media in and it cleaned then up a bit but you can still see the green tint.

[dee]

This is the last stuff I used, or just car polish sometimes.

http://m.dillonprecision.com/mcontent/p/9/pid/23664/catid/8/Rapid_Polish_290__8_oz__Bottle_

[CJ]

The ultrasonic tumblers do work if you're processing small amounts of brass. It's simple and you can do it indoors, isn't very messy. It does add an additional drying step but that's the trade off.

Rotary tumblers (like Thumler's Tumbler) work great with stainless steel media, but it's kind of a pain, and you have to dry cases. It's also only good for medium to small volume. Takes a while and it's more in depth. Cement mixers work good for large volume and .50 BMG, it's just messy as shit and louder than hell.

Vibratory tumblers are the quickest processing and quietest. Small tumblers can do around 100 cases or so. Large tumblers can do 1,500 or so. Using walnut media and some flitz polish and they come out like mirrors, just run them longer. Everyone knows I'm super anal about how clean my cases are (that's how I tell mine apart) and flitz is the only media additive that can do that, I've tried all of them.

Switching to a ceramic wet media in a vibratory tumbler is ideal. You need a high dollar industrial unit for that. The media is considerably larger than the cases, and you wouldn't clean the inside or primer pockets, however you can process about 10,000 .223 cases in about 20 minutes from crap to gold, and it will empty the cases into a bucket by itself, you just flip a lever and it vibrates them out. Pretty neat.

[GSXRK5]

The ultrasonic tumblers do work if you're processing small amounts of brass. It's simple and you can do it indoors, isn't very messy. It does add an additional drying step but that's the trade off.

Rotary tumblers (like Thumler's Tumbler) work great with stainless steel media, but it's kind of a pain, and you have to dry cases. It's also only good for medium to small volume. Takes a while and it's more in depth. Cement mixers work good for large volume and .50 BMG, it's just messy as shit and louder than hell.

Vibratory tumblers are the quickest processing and quietest. Small tumblers can do around 100 cases or so. Large tumblers can do 1,500 or so. Using walnut media and some flitz polish and they come out like mirrors, just run them longer. Everyone knows I'm super anal about how clean my cases are (that's how I tell mine apart) and flitz is the only media additive that can do that, I've tried all of them.

Switching to a ceramic wet media in a vibratory tumbler is ideal. You need a high dollar industrial unit for that. The media is considerably larger than the cases, and you wouldn't clean the inside or primer pockets, however you can process about 10,000 .223 cases in about 20 minutes from crap to gold, and it will empty the cases into a bucket by itself, you just flip a lever and it vibrates them out. Pretty neat.

How do you add the polish to the Media? Just drop some in with the brass? Or run the media with the Polish first then add brass? Flitz car polish?

[dee]

Just squirt some in the media and add brass.