Any Great Tricks to Drying Cases After Wet tumbling?

[country gent]

I wonder how a light tumble in alcohol or heat ( the fuel dryer used in cars) would work displacing water and speeding drying time

[Conditor22]

I use a media separator to remove the excess water and the pins.
then I dump them on a towel folding it over and rolling the bras between the towel
then I grab both ends of the towel forming a hammock and rock the brass back and forth making doubly sure the outside is dry to prevent water spots
finally, like others I use a food dehydrator to complete the drying.

[725]

Depends on the weather / season. First I shake them out & toss on a towel. Gather the four corners when they are all shaken and rub the mass together. Spill them out on a cookie sheet and then either put in the stove for 1/2 hour @ 180 degrees, next to the coal stove, or out on the picnic table in the sun. It's not a job to do when in a hurry. I usually let 'em hang around a few days before use, just to ensure every last bit of moisture is gone. So far - so good. ps; when wet is a good time to use a Q-tip to clean primer pockets.

[John Boy]

Coffee can with hole cut in plastic lid for hair dryer - insert dryer on high - 2 minutes = Done

[rfd]

i u/s clean brass only, and the wet cases are towel dried and then go into a corn media vibrator (with its top off) for 15 minutes. this is particularly important for u/s cleaners as there's very fine particles that need to wiped off. this entire case cleaning process is perfect for me and bp rifle cartridges. pistol brass is only cleaned via the corn meal media in a vibratory, with its top closed.

[Don McDowell]

Harlan Sage sells a case drying rack. After you get the media separated from the cases, put the cases in the rack either on top of a towel or a sink, and let them hang and dry.
http://www.sageoutfitters.com/catalo...24/7455410.htm

[Kraschenbirn]

I only wash brass that's been loaded/fired with BP and, for those, I use racks intended for storing spools of sewing thread. Mine hold 40 cases each and can be picked up at any fabric or crafts shop.

Bill

[brettstanding]

I rinse mine in hot water and dry them with a hair dryer.


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[BrentD]

Buy one of those bicycle wind trainers that you mount your bike in and turns a large fan for resistance. Wash your brass, then spread them on a towel next to the fan. Get on the bike and ride until dry. Your brass will be dry and you will be in better shape for the exercise.

More seriously, I just put them in an old bath towel and shake a bit to get the excess water out of them, then dump them on a table in the basement and walk away. They will be dry tomorrow.

[Hawks Feather]

I think I have tried about everything mentioned: towel in the basement (winter), towel in the back yard (summer), hair dryer, oven, and the Frankford Arsenal brass dryer. They all work, but obviously different amounts of time. I finally saved enough to purchase the STM stainless steel pin reloading kit with their media separator. It does a nice job and I am pleased with it. I am on my second Frankford Arsenal brass dryer and had hopes that this one would actually have a temperature knob that worked, but neither of mine has – there is high and high, but it does dry the brass. The unit is made from fairly thin plastic and when I dropped the top (heater) layer from about two feet it broke into many pieces. My fault, but lesson learned about holding on to it tightly. One of the supply places had the Hornady on sale for half price so I have that as a backup. I haven’t used it yet, but will give it a try at some point in the future.

Probably the biggest factor in your drying method will be the amount you are willing to spend and then the number of cases you are cleaning. If it were 50 or so at a time I would not have the equipment that I do. Several hundred at a time and wanting it to look like new brass changed that for me.

[Tom Herman]

[QUOTE=Hawks Feather;4534522]I think I have tried about everything mentioned: towel in the back yard (summer), hair dryer, oven, and the Frankford Arsenal brass dryer. /QUOTE]

I would be leerey of drying the brass outside in the sun: I occasionally have to do this with electronics, and usually have to wipe off a small amount of very fine dust.
From my gemological training, 80% of dust typically consists of Quartz particles, which have a Mohs hardness (resistance to scratching) that is greater than that of Brass, so I would be worried about it sticking to the brass and contaminating it and the reloading dies. Once a particle embeds itself into a die, it's toast.

-Tom

[Smoke4320]

In the summer I lay them out and let the sun do the work .. In the winter a dehydrator is the ticket

[Tom Trevor]

Just shake off and go out in the garage and use the air compressor to blow dry.

[NyFirefighter357]

Dump the water out and tumble it for a few minutes with a couple of strips of car chamois. Drys it 99% I use 2 strips about 2"x6". My F.A.R.T has a strainer cover and I can shake most of the water & media out first. You may need more strips. Then you can lay it out on a towel where it drys much faster because it's pretty much dry to begin with.

[greenjoytj]

I don’t like water spots so I often add a dish washing machine rinse aid “Jet Dry Ultra Finish” in a final deep rinse of fifty 45 Colt cases in a 2 pound margarine tube.
Sometimes distilled water or 99% alcohol subs for the rinse aid.

[Meatpuppet]

I put them in a wire basket and set them on top of the exhaust fan of my A/C unit outside. They dry off lickety-split. But then again, I live in Florida.

[EDG]

I rinse in clean hot water and then drain the water off. Then rinse in isopropyl alcohol. The alcohol absorbs the water and evaporates in about 15 mins when placed in front of a fan. You can reuse the alcohol.

[725]

After washing, I "rack" them on a chunk of wood that I've filled with finishing nails. Mark a grid, pilot drill with a drill press for vertical nailing and uniform depth. Looks like the proverbial bed of nails. Rack 'em mouth down and sick 'em next to the stove, out in the sun , etc.

[DerekP Houston]

In the summer, a big beach towel and spreading em out in the sun is all i need. Winter I towel em off and dump on a cookie sheet, toss in the oven for awhile on low heat. Sometimes I get waterspots on em but it doesn't bug me much

[Whiterabbit]

I just plan to load 2 days or more after I wet tumble. I don;t like the other methods.

just a single layer on a towel for 48 hours. I work during the day.