Mark611 Wrote:I use SS pins and Dawn dish liquid and nothing else! I also have the FA tumbler that you use after the cleaning process to remove extra water and pins, this combo works very well, I do not have any issues with pins being stuck in the flash holes and my brass comes out 99% clean, I have the larger tumbler from FA, my first barrel leaked out of both ends, they replaced it free of charge, my second barrel leaks now out of 1 end for a short time then it stops! I also upgraded the rubber seals, but all in all I'm happy with this unit, I place it my bathtub and no worries!
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I have the double ended large one also. Always leaked, then got the 3-D printed wrench!
The bathtub idea is thinking out of the box! Nice. I add pinch of citric acid, sounds strong but its not. Its the active ingredient in Lemi-Shine and many cheap candies that taste tart! Completely food safe! I buy in bulk off Amazon, for pennies, use it to back flush and maintain my Espresso machine boilers! Plural as in multiple machines!
In the winter I oven dry @ 200 for 30 minutes! Jerry Miculek does something similar. Good enough for Jerry, good enough for me! Summertime, I spread them out on beach towel in the backyard.