cleaning fired brass 101

[Jake TN]

That's what I do. Pop the primer, wet tumble with SS chips and lemishine and a couple drops of blue dawn. Range pickups that are covered in mud and black, come out looking Shiney and new. With clean primer pockets and any stuck in mud, pulverized out.

Resize, then wet tumble again without media, with lemishine again, and usually some turtlewax to leave a fine residual coating to mitigate cold welding with the bullet and the otherwise "too clean", brass.

Exactly what I do.

1. Cold water
2. Lemi shine (especially if you have hard water)
3. 1 Table spoon of dawn
4. Always use the pins form 1st wash

I have always used whatever carwash product for 2nd wash for the same reason you use turtle wax. Might have to pick up some turtle wax and give it a go. Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.