Using clothes drier to dry brass?

[BT Sniper]

Anyone ever come up with a contraption to use a standard clothes drier to tumble dry their brass after wet tumble cleaning?

I threw 5,000 22lr jackets in a flannel pillow case and it worked well but it beat it up a little with the long hard drops, a little noisy too, but it did work well to dry the brass and only took like 5 minutes.

I was thinking some sort of set up with a simple screen type enclosure with the brass again in a protective pillow case. Then some sort of wood braces to position everything in the center of the drier basin.

I'm sure I have probably seen a similar set up already on the net somewhere but anyone have any thoughts or ideas?


Brian

[dragon813gt]

One of the shoe driers that stays stationary in the dryer should work. Place the brass in a container that allows airflow and you should be good to go.

[BT Sniper]

I'll look that up....

[BT Sniper]

That is interesting but I thick I may need something that tumbles/spins.

[country gent]

I did it once with 12 ga AA hulls I had washed. Put 500 or so in a heavy flannel pillow case. all was going well until the knotted pillow case opened up. What a racked.

[mozeppa]

frankfort arsenal makes a heated brass dryer that works great!

i put 5 trays of 9mm in it...(that's about 4000 pieces) dripping wet ...they were dry in 2 hours.

none beat up either ...and quiet.

[hardcase54]

Throw a couple of fleece blankets in with the brass, it will make it less noisy.

[Walkingwolf]

I just put my brass in the oven at a little over 100 degrees, about the same as putting them in the sun.

[Pipefitter]

One time the wife sent a penny (probably from the pocket of one of my jeans) through the washer and dryer. It came loose in the dryer and shorted out the electric element. 2 hours of tearing the dryer apart and replacing the $40 element makes me check my pockets before putting anything in the dirty laundry.

Wet brass here goes in a pan under the woodstove in the winter, or out on the picnic table in the sun in better weather.

[dverna]

http://www.btibrands.com/product/brass-dryer/

I could build a "better" one but at the price it is not worth the effort.

[Hick]

My wife has a tray attachment for her dryer-- it sits between the door opening and the center-- so it stays level while the dryer rotates. I dry all my brass in her dryer. 45 minutes on high heat. The shelf is open mesh to let air flow through, and I lay the brass on a towel.

[bstone5]

I use an electric heat gun to dry brass. Have a deep fat fried basket, put brass in basket heat for a few minutes and all dry.

[rancher1913]

those brass dryer's are just food dehydrators relabeled. my wife has 5 or 6, wonder if she would miss one

[6bg6ga]

I'd be covering my privates if I tried using the wife's dryer to dry my brass. Just thinking if some are contemplating doing this it might be wise to send the wife to the grocery store first.

[kc3ak]

I picked up a used food dehydrator at a yard sale for a couple of bucks and use that. About a hour in it and everything is stone dry. I did put a piece of fine hardware cloth on the trays so the 22 casing wouldn't fall though, but that was the only extra expense.

[Soundguy]

Add some rubbing alcohol to your wet tumbler. The azotrope will flash off faster than water alone.

[TES]

Fastest way is corn cob media. The trick is to not put it in when its too wet.....unlike other things. Like Soundguy said 90% iso is a great mixer for wet tumbling. Be prepared to invest in a lot of fresh air.

[NoAngel]

A dehydrator works fast. I don't make jerky anymore so i put it to good use.
Mine has 5 tiers and I can get a LOT of brass in one load.

[DDriller]

I just put my brass in the oven at a little over 100 degrees, about the same as putting them in the sun.

I've been doing the same thing for over 40 years except is go to 150 degrees.

[Pee Wee]

Brian:
Harbor Freight, I got one for $19.00 with my 20% of coupon. It has five rakes and takes about 1 hour to dry I have had over 500 rounds of 223 brass in it.