Drying Brass

[OldCowboy]

I notice many of you dry your brass after citric acid cleaning and use a temp in your oven of 110-120 degrees.

Here's my question: Would it hurt anything to dry it at 170 degrees?

[Nueces]

Won't hurt at all. The lowest temp my electric oven can be set is 170F and I have used that setting for years to finish dry wet tumbled cases. This is below the temperature of a cup of McDonald's coffee, so there is no harm to brass.

After hand tumbling the cases in a dry towel, I do 20-30 minutes in a 170F oven, then leave on the stove top to cool. Generally, I load the next day, so the cases are quite dry by then. If I wanted to load the same day, I think I'd extend the oven time to an hour.

[Bookworm]

I usually just set it outside in the sun. In the summertime, it'll dry in about 30 minutes, and it's too hot to touch.

No idea how hot that is.

[Reverend Al]

I'm retired and in no great hurry so I put my wet tumbled brass into a 7 tray food dehydrator and leave them overnight. Works fine for me ...

[bdicki]

I use a hair dryer or heat gun, whichever I find first. Also too hot to pick up.

[KCSO]

The warming oven on the wood stove works well, heat depends on how thw stove is stoked but up to 180 is no problem for me.

[Loudy13]

I have been throwing them on a couple T-Shirts on the floor in the basement turning a fan on low and they are good to go the next day. I'm pretty new at the wet tumbling thing but the 5 batches I have done so far have turned out great. I do move em around once after a few minutes to get the big drops off seems to work pretty good.

[John Boy]

Ditto - Hair dryer, drys the cases in under 2 minutes

[megasupermagnum]

I always blow them out good with air to get the bulk. In the summer, the sun works fine. For the winter, I set them on the air duct, closest to the furnace (forced air). The fastest way is a wire sheet, and a heat gun/blow dryer.

[jmort]

I am going to get the FABD
Looks like it will work well
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSearchQuery=Frakford+arsenal+case+dryer&userItemsPerPage=48
$55 seems fair

[salpal48]

The Drying in the Oven was getting to be a little old in my home with my wife. I bought a cheap Food Dehydrator
Works excellent and Peace @ home
Sal

[Cleatus]

I use the Hornady Case & Parts Dryer. I've also used it on cast bullets I want to warmup before powder coating.

[lightman]

I dump mine on an old towel and roll them around some. Then in the winter they get 45 minutes or so in the oven, set at the lowest temp. In the summer they get set out in the sun. I bought a dedicated cookie sheet for this. I tried the dehydrater but my used one did not work out very well.

[Hick]

45 minutes in the clothes dryer-- on the special tray that holds them in the middle without tumbling.

[Hairy Dawg]

Dehydrator here. Leave them overnight, and they're good to go.

[lwknight]

45 minutes in the clothes dryer-- on the special tray that holds them in the middle without tumbling.

Ah, ha. That's what that is for!
Just think, my wife thought it was for shoes lol.

[rr2241tx]

Normally put 100 45-70 cases on a square cake pan with paper towel in the bottom and set in convection toaster oven for 15 minutes at 250 F. By the time they are cool enough to touch, they are dry as English humor. Use the same cake pan and settings to melt my boolit lube, so easy for me to remember.

[marlin39a]

I shake mine in an old towel, and put it out in the Arizona sun.

[jdfoxinc]

The case Franklin dryer is exactly like my food dehydrator.

[dougader]

I deprime my brass before I clean it with citric acid. After rinsing, it only takes about 10-15 minutes in a 170F oven or in the sun to dry the cases completely. Unless you guys are leaving the primers in the cases, then I don't know why you need to leave the cases in the heat for so long.

[Walks]

I made a drying rack where the case mouths slide down over finishing nails, blow out the primer pockets and set in SoCal SunShine

Used GALVANIZED nails

[Bmi48219]

I made racks too, first I used golf tees (picked up off the course next door) glued through holes in a laminated plastic cutting board, pointed end up. Then made some with pieces of bamboo skewers glued into holes bored into a pice of MDF to hold brass, made them long enough to keep brass elevated off the base board. Last couple I used plastic pins tap-fit into holes of scrap shelf lumber.
Put them out in the sun for an hour. I read in a similar thread a couple weeks ago about the clothes dryer stationary rack. Brilliant idea. 15 minutes at low heat and they are dry! These are for 45 acp & 9 mm. I went with longer pins for longer brass
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[farmerjim]

I dry the cases in a towel held like a hammock rocked by up and down on the sides. Then I dump them in my Hi-Tek baking racks, then into the Hi-Tek - powder coat convection oven at 200 f for about 20 min.

[gwpercle]

Food dehydrator....works like a champ ! Check out garage and estate sales , doesn't have to be new.

[joebaja]

My local Goodwill had 3 or 4 food dehydrators on the shelf. $8 well spent for the few hours of winter we have. Otherwise a fan and the Texas sun does fine.

[Shuz]

I use those 50 round plastic trays that come with some brands of 44 or 45 pistol ammo. Just turn the cases upside down and set the tray over a furnace duct and they are dry in no time.(provided your furnace comes on!)

[Handloader109]

A few days laying around in my house. Humidity is below 30%, so brass dries out in just a few days. Buy more brass, save money by air drying.[emoji16]

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[mold maker]

I do all brass cleaning/drying in the Summer, on a 36"sq of framed 1/4" hardware cloth, in the sun. I do enough to last me through the snow and cold. Brass is mosty free so volume is no problem.

[Walter Laich]

Also do the hammock rock side to side to get rid of most of water

to save $$ and space I use the 'brass in the sun' method but put them on a dark towel to absorb more of sun's rays

inside sit on same towel and put under ceiling fan overnight.