38 Special: The Wet Fart Chronicles

[JimB..]

Hey I followed your advice and it worked! The brass came out looking even better! That's what I did with this most recent batch of 300 Blackout brass. There was only hot water, Turtle Wax wash and wax 1/2 cup, several pounds stainless steel pins and 3 hours of tumbling.

Great! Some loads need more soap, some less, you’ll get a feel for it over time. If I want guaranteed great results I replace the wash water with new water and soap after 30 min. I think when I’ve got brass with a lot of lube on it the soap gets depleted and then no amount of tumbling will get the brass clean.

[Recycled bullet]

This is approximately 1,000 38 special cartridge casings tumbled in the large wet fart machine. I used one cup of the wash and wax mixture and several pounds of stainless steel pins and then topped it off with the hottest tap water. I ran it for 3 hours then I dumped them into this plastic bucket, and move the casings around to separate the soap out in the sink.

[dondiego]

This is approximately 1,000 38 special cartridge casings tumbled in the large wet fart machine. I used one cup of the wash and wax mixture and several pounds of stainless steel pins and then topped it off with the hottest tap water. I ran it for 3 hours then I dumped them into this plastic bucket, and move the casings around to separate the soap out in the sink.

There seems to be a partial primer cup in one of the cases in the middle of the pic.

[JimB..]

They look great.
You can probably cut the soap down by 50% or even 75%.