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A little squirt of Dawn dish soap & a teaspoon of lemma shine works great , that is all I use along with the steel pins and water of course .

WhoTee Who You don't have to position The brass in the dryer just spread it out over the trays. I let it run for about an hour and 15 minutes on a 135° and it's dry. Another tip you might wet that rubber seal on the tumbler it will probably seal better if you have any problems with leakage. I have been reloading since I was 16 years old, Now I'm 76 you do the numbers. If you need any other tips, just give me a holler, happy to help.

Shooting in -48C(-54F) today in Canada. Received one of those FA Rotary Tumbler Lite's a few months ago. Great economical unit.

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

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@sebastienloyer9471

5 ай бұрын

​@@WHOTEEWHO😂 Alberta is brutal 😊

@NelsonZAPTM

5 ай бұрын

Would you feel better if I told you I'm having to work in 35 deg C, down under summer. Not sure the conversion to cheese burgers sorry.

@earlcahn3688

5 ай бұрын

Nothing like reloading with shiny brass. Finished round always looks great. Thanks WTW.

Invest in a rotary tumbler pin separator. It will make separating your stainless pins from your brass a lot easier. You'll need a 5 gallon bucket to catch the water in. Set the pin tumbler on top of the bucket and turn it a few times. The pins fall through the cracks and into the bucket with the water.

It's impressive to see how they bring out the best in brass casings.

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Sure worked good

I have been using cheap car wash and wax and lemishine it works great and the brass doesn’t tarnish as easily after

Best method I found so far is dump the brass and pins in a bucket then rinse the brass with fresh water pouring it off until it runs clear. Shake the pins out in the bucket then rinse the brass once more in distilled water before drying. That keeps the water spots off.

@spencercline1957

5 ай бұрын

Same here

To add a rubberized coating. Sand the inside of the tumbler container to rough up the inside so the coating will have something to grip and bond with the plastic. Place the tumbler on the base WITHOUT the lid and turn the machine on and let it run. Using a spray can of a rubberized spray on coating. Do the back first and then make you way to the front in light coats. You'll need to do multiple layers to build up the thickness you want. Now just leave the unit running until is is completely dry. You'll want it to be fairly thick, but thin enough that you can still insert the clear plastic cover and lid. If the final thickness is too thin or you don't rough up the inside of the plastic it will start separating from the plastic after a handful of uses. You're Welcome! :) Also the magnet from Frankford Arsenal is a piece of trash. It's too weak to be effective.

I have been reloading for a while now and clean brass is a must for me. Probably more of a mental thing to me than anything else. I use the steel media like what you use but I use a Thumbler,s Tumbler because of the wide opening. I can get my hand in and get the brass out one at a time while shaking out the media. I use a nail to get the stuck pins out of the primer pocket should any get stuck. I have left brass in over night without any problems. After drying them I'll put them in a corncob media tumbler over night. Brand new brass are not as slick. Don't really know if it makes a difference in accuracy but it sure looks good. I was glad to see you go to the reloading class and get started with it. You shoot a lot of ammo and that gets expensive. I use a lot of different brands of reloading equipment, but you can't go wrong with Frankford Arsenal.

@maxloader5278

5 ай бұрын

PS I meant to add that you don't want to tumble nickel plated brass in the steel media wet tumbler for long if at all. It will beat the nickel off the brass if left for a long time. Probably won't hurt it and it will be very clean but some may come out half brass half nickel lol

Use squirt of dawn and teaspoon of limey shine. Works great come out looking new.

Hey Hoot. If I may, when you go to use that tumbler, to save you some cash, and this works great, use 1 tablespoon of Dawn dish soap and add 1 9mm case full of Lemi-Shine. Oh and make sure to leave the primer in that 9mm case and don’t just grab a clean one. Ask me how I know. 🤪 As for drying, I just use a used hairdryer I got at a thrift store and a colander and it takes 5 -10 minutes to dry about a hundred cases no matter the caliber. I heat and toss them around. Again, for those who can’t afford to buy the dryer. Happy reloading! Personally, I love cleaning brass!

I use stainless steel jewlery media because I find it comes out of the brass easier than the pins. I also deprime my brass first. A lot of people have actually stopped tumbling their brass all together because a few of the pro shooters found it doesn't help accuracy and the carbon in the cases actually works as a dry lube when resizing.

@spencercline1957

5 ай бұрын

Only thing cleaning your brass will do is keep your dies from getting dirty from the lube and carbon/lead. And cleaning your brass also will help preserve your brass to keep it from tarnishing and if you really wanted to be technical if you shoot our brass over and over and after each firing you add to the carbon although it would be very slight but the carbon inside your brass would be taking up case volume witch in theory would change pressure. Me personally I clean my brass just so I don’t dirty my dies up and I like clean virgin lookin brass.

@alexandersakharov1908

5 ай бұрын

I always thought that carbon is abrasive and wears out sizing dies

I have a pan with mesh bottom like stainless screen cloth, and pour the brass and pins in there then rinse before they go in the dryer. I use dawn and a little lemishine in mine.

Awesome vid, best way I know to clean brass. Other reloaders use Lemishine to clean the brass. Less expensive detergent.

You can check that Tumbler after about 45 minutes. The Lyman strainer is the best one I found so far

I've been using the Frankford Arsenal Platinum series tumbler for around 7 years. I've cleaned enough brass to probably fill a few 55 gal drums. I just use standard blue dawn dish soap and a 1/4 tsp of lemishine (citric acid) and then rinse the pins out using a hand crank media separator half full of water. Then I just lay them out in the sun on a black sheet. In the summer they dry in about an hour.

Thanks so much WTW , I’m getting back into the hunting game and all of the guns and accessories that is offered, really have me excited to be back . Keep up the Awesome work . Cheers 🇨🇦

I like how new it makes it appear

I have the same tumbler and dryer works great! My tumbler is the larger one and recently filled it up with 223 brass. Filled the dryer up too. Came out great.

Thanks Who Tee! Stay safe and healthy buddy!

Thanks for taking us along WTW

@WHOTEEWHO

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Quite the process !

I'm glad you're doing these videos I'm learning a lot from them

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@donaldballman2825

5 ай бұрын

@@WHOTEEWHO your welcome can't wait for the next one

I was a die hard dry tumble fan. Then discovered wet tumbling 3 or 4 years ago. Using the case blend from Veldt I can clean 300 .45ACP or 100 .416Rigby cases in 15 minutes. For anything out an AR, I tumble 20 minutes. The wet tumbling process has been a major game changer in my life.

PSA - modern primers contain the component Lead Styphnate. Once fired, lead laden dust remains, which contributes to high concentrations of lead in reloader’s bodies. We breathe this lead dust into our lungs while depriming or dry tumbling. To mitigate this risk, I wet tumble all my brass before doing any other process. The lead dust gets washed down the drain, the I can process my brass as usual.

@linkbond08

5 ай бұрын

I'm not planning on living forever, but I understand you're trying to be healthier, wet tumbling 200 pieces takes 5 hrs including drying, in my case dry tumbling the same takes me 2hrs Max. That means by the time you're done drying I'm done reloading, and I can either get back to shooting or get back to my family. Time is non-renewable. Edit: my dry tumbler has a lid on it and no dust comes out while it's running.

@PS-rr2jt

5 ай бұрын

@@linkbond08 It’s not the tumbling where you breathe in the dust, it’s more likely separating the brass from the media, but you do you. There are plenty of ways to mitigate the risk easy enough, the important thing is just to know about the risk in the first place. I manage my time accordingly. When I get back from the range, the brass goes in the tumbler, rinse, separate the pins, then into the dryer overnight while I’m sleeping. I tumble for about 1.5hrs, so it’s not costing me any time.

Sorry I was late, but I wrote all this information down. Once I get into my new place, I'm gonna start reloading again!! Keep these awesome videos coming!! Thanks WTW!!

About 6-7 years ago I purchased the FA tumbler and switched from corn cob. Brass turns out 1k% better. I always deprime and swage before tumbling. I actually do use an old repurposed dehydrator to dry my brass. Be sure to check your flash holes for stray stainless pins.

Yeah, cool stuff! 😊

I like mine. Got it when they first came out with the tumbler. 👍🇺🇸

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Awesome

I already had the tumbler, but ironically I got the dryer for Christmas .... have a pile of 40 S&W trying as we speak. Tip ... buy the mesh screen for the tumbler, it makes emptying the water easier w/o losing pins. They come in a two pack.

i added a plug in timer to mine tumbler lite to shut it off after the time is up. works great... I use hot water, dawn, and lemishine (9mm case full) to wash and then use cold water to rinse.... I don't use pins, they get stuck too much.... i use stainless steel chips.... works a lot better.

I have the tumbler and love it.

I use car soap with wax and lemi shine. I have not tried it yet but supposedly Dishwasher Magic does a better job than Lemi Shine. I have the large tumbler. After tumbling I like to separate the pins from the brass in the driveway. I put the tumbler in a 2 or 5 gallon bucket, unscrew one end and, being careful not to lose pins, spray the cap with water from a garden hose. Take the tumbler out and pour the dirty water off, without losing pins or brass. Do this 3 or 4 times. Then I put my 9MM shell sorter on top of the bucket. And put about 1/3 of the brass in the shell sorter and fill the bucket with water and stir the brass around, take the shell sorter out but over the bucket spray the cases. Then put the brass on a towel then do another third of the brass.Once the brass is done I turn the tumbler to the other side and remove the cap in the bucket and spray the tumbler out with water.Then rinse off the pins and using a spring loaded magnet take the pins out.I like to dry the pins. The brass I put a HF magnet in with brass that is on the towel and grab the 4 corners and rock the brass back and forth. I then put the brass on another dry towel and put it out in the sun to dry, or I use my Cyclone brass dryer. I have found this is the easiest and fastest way of doing wet cleaning. . If you are going to use a sink, put a magnet in the drain along with a small hole sink stranger.. And don't do it on the garbage disposal side. I have the Large Dillon and a RCBS rotary separator. I find the Shell Sorter works a lot easier and faster for both the wet or dry cleaning of brass.The rotary tumblers sling pins everywhere.

I love mine. It makes the brass a lot shiner than dry tumbling with corncob media. I use a liquid detergent with citric acid from another company

That was pretty interesting.

I also use the dry media, however I have like you the Franklin Arsenal Intelli dropper , that also really works well, I like Franklin Arsenal products. Cool video, thanks

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

-22 F in Montana ....i use a little Dawn dish soap and lemon shine in my F.A. wet tumbler.

You dont need a food drier or a case drier. I just dump and spread out my rinsed wet brass in an old cookie sheet that will never be used in food preparation again and turn a fan on that is aimed at the brass. It takes one half to one hour to dry stirring it a couple of times.

I always add a little bit of water on the gasket before screwing it down. Man I hate those pins, they're a pita even with the big magnet tool. They have to be dried too. Some folks say theres some stainless media that isn't pin shaped thats easier to keep up with. Wet tumbling is a whole lot better than dry, I wish that I would have started with this very same frankford arsenal wet tumbler. I have a two pack of those strainers, they're worth it, midway maybe $10. Ive been considering a dryer, been using the oven on the lowest setting for half an hour or so, but even after towel drying first I still get a couple water spots (dont care too much about that). Once them pins are dry you gotta get them monkeys back in the container, and no matter what you find scores of them in the dried brass, kinda like the dry media cob. One thing I do miss about dry tumbling though was it does wonders for newborns, the vibration and sound in the next room always puttem right to sleep. I went through every dirty brass case I had in a week.

I use their large tumbler with the same drop in pods they make however I have found it does just as good a job without the steel pins and then you don't have to mess with the steels pins.

You the man!

I got the same setup works great, save a few bucks use dawn dish soap. Hot water. If you want to save time put a 9mm case full of lemishine and 45mins brass is super clean. Just don’t leave it in any longer with lemishine it will turn brass a black color. Doesn’t hurt brass just doesn’t look as nice

Thanks for the Informative Video WTW🧐👌. Love your Channel 👍. Cheers 🙏🇨🇦.

My classroom professor. 👏😆👍

I have the bigger FA tumbler and the wet pins are a pain to separate. Get some “Brass Juice”and you don’t need anything else. Tumble one hour and your brass will look brand new. You can re-use the same water mixture several times. Thank me later 😊

i just vibrate clean with walnut, stays dry, easier for me. Can't deny the pins and wet tumble makes shiny brass tho!

Looks easy.

I wet tumble all my brass after I deprime and resize. I use a mixture of dawn dish soap and lemon juice not steal pins. Brass comes out looking like new

Welcome to the FART club. Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler

Switched to wet tumbling about 8 months ago, never going back to corn cob media!

I just bought a dry vibratory type tumbler a few weeks ago i wish i saw this video first! Lol!

Very nice looking brass! Looks like you're on your way to reloading some quality ammo! I recommend doing progressive loads first, and not loading up a whole batch. Load about .5 grains apart, only 5 shots each, and see how well they group while shooting them through a chronograph. Also, looking for heat, like flat primers, and smudge brass. Once you establish a good load, then load a whole batch!🇺🇲✝️🇺🇲 Isaiah 53

Awesome video! I'm still learning about reloading so this was neat to see. I would like to know what's the difference between the brass dryer and a food dehydrator?

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Probably the same thing

one thing to watch out for is some city water the chemicals can discolor/stain brass, city water here is so bad it causes pitting in the brass faucets. saw at least 1 case that looked like it still had primer in it

Dang you can youse the dryer as a food dehydrator when you aren’t reloading. Hey I’d love to request an ammo test on ruger gen 2 .308 20”, like you did in 6.5 with many brands…👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Never tried liquid. Its hard from me to get away from corn cob and brass polish

@darkside59

5 ай бұрын

I dry tumble after I finish reloading for the finishing touch or when my ammo starts to tarish after reloading.

On wife’s favorite blanket lol

Next, get a Frankford Arsenal media separator. It'll save you a lot of time.

What really matters is the inside of the brass

The man!!!!!!

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Heyoooo

@farmerdann

5 ай бұрын

@@WHOTEEWHO been a long time since I watched...cant inspect tires and watch....😢

Nice video, I am waiting for my Frankford Tumbler Lite and Dyer. How about spots? Someone said that the manual suggests using distilled water, which would be to reduce spots. You used regular water, and most seem to use tap water. Do you notice any spots?

@WHOTEEWHO

Ай бұрын

I didn't notice any spots

Also, add you a piece of felt cloth to your dryer and place your pins on one of the racks so they too will dry. Keeps them from rusting, cause they are not pure stainless steel. They will rust. Ask me how I know????

You had a tongue twister there at the end. Try saying Irish wristwatch a couple of times 🤣🤣🤣

I heard Woolite is good if you use a lanolin based case lube.

I use walnut media Question how much of the steel media gets stuck in the cases and how long does it take to shake it out

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

I didn't get anything stuck in this batch

Freezing here

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

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Can you do a video on hunting with your 17hmr

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Good idea

Can you re-use the stainless steel media pieces?

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Yup

What do the primer holes look like? I usually hand clean those BUT I use dry walnut media. I bet that detergent cleaned those pockets for you.🤔🤔🤔

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Cleaned the pockets great

Its been on the wish list for a while, but every time I save up, I buy component's. 😢

You don’t need the stainless steel media when you clean at least 100 casing

What is retail on this Tumbler

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Bout a hundo on amazon

You think the tumbler is better than a sonic cleaner?

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Sonic cleaner is expensive. Never tried one

@jessebodey9421

5 ай бұрын

@@WHOTEEWHO Gotcha, I don't reload yet. I did get a small hornady sonic cleaner for roughly $100 for suppressor baffles.

Sorry WHO Tee WHO I keep missing the live. Please forgive me

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

We missed you!

Жаксы👍

I wonder if that thing could help me get my boxers clean and shiny again

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Probably

If you see this I need some help locating a h&r 300blkout....the one gun I have to have

You should jerky with that dryer lol

Dehumidifier😂 Close Adam. Its a Dehydrator.

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

There it is

@stevesexton4316

5 ай бұрын

@@WHOTEEWHO I'm just having fun man lol

You really don’t have to be so particular arranging your brass on the dryer trays. I just dump it on there and let it rip. I can get 2 to 3x on those trays.

Eric Cortina says cleaning brass is a waste of time!

@bayoumike544

5 ай бұрын

If it makes you feel better its not a waste of time. Your mileage may vary yada yada yada.

@WHOTEEWHO

5 ай бұрын

Makes it pretty 😍 :) I know Eric

@davidabernathy4553

5 ай бұрын

Well now this is a interesting video and a interesting topic. As far as I'm concerned that is just too much money and messy work. For years I have just used a Frankfurt arsenal dry media tumbler. I use corn media with a brass polisher. My 223 brass comes out beautiful every time with very little mess or work. So I don't think I will be changing anytime soon.

@kennethbyler1619

5 ай бұрын

I know guys that use media after the steel, the media leaves a really fine dust that actually makes the reloading easier. Maybe?