My DIY Wet Tumbler cleaning results

[HeadLead]

I am using Hot water, citric acid and armor all car wash & wax. I purchased a Frankford Arsenal tumbler drum which fits so nicely I plan to add a second drum to increase capacity.

[CT-shooter777]

Ingredient amounts ??

[remy3424]

No pins, just wet tumbling.....so the citric acid and the wash and was all together, tumbled for 15 minutes or so? How did you dry them? Those are shiny! Nice work.

[HeadLead]

Sorry, yes using Stainless Steel pins. .047x.25 (5lbs.), 2 Tbsp of armorall, 1/2 tsp citric acid. My original brass weight was 8 lbs of .45acp. Filled drum 3/4 full (1 - 2 inches above brass). 2 hours of tumbling, rinsed and dried. Dried on a towel in the sun while I cut the grass.

[45-70bpcr]

Sorry, yes using Stainless Steel pins. .047x.25 (5lbs.), 2 Tbsp of armorall, 1/2 tsp citric acid. My original brass weight was 8 lbs of .45acp. Filled drum 3/4 full (1 - 2 inches above brass). 2 hours of tumbling, rinsed and dried. Dried on a towel in the sun while I cut the grass.

I was on board until the "cut the grass" part. Seriously that is a really nice build.

[Sticky]

Very nice setup! Makes me want to build one to upgrade my old Sidewinder, tho it works pretty well for wet tumbling so far..

[HeadLead]

Can't always be fun and games, though I wish it could. Picture of tumbler not great due to shade from house. Made several mistakes in building but it does do a good job, everything was cost free except the tumbler drum, so I can not complain.

[mdi]

As an experiment(s) I tumbled some brass in water, lemonshine, and dish soap. Media was small stainless steel nuts and screws (#4 and #6) with a few 1/16" cotter pins included. Worked OK (I didn't care about pristine primer pockets). Later I tried tumbling with no media, just brass and solution. Results were OK. Exterior of cases was shiny. (I don't care about the ID). Next I tumbled with plain water, no media just brass. Results were brass just as bright as each other tumbling experiment; very shiny.

No moral, no suggestions, just sharing what I did...

[HeadLead]

Just cleaned another batch of brass. .44 magnum cases (approximately 250).

Before - 143337

After - 143338

This brass, Lee dies, Lee 429 sizer die, Lee TL mold and some cast boolits going up for sale soon.

Keep an eye out if interested.