Wet tumbling brass

[Macdsl]

For those of you that wet tumble your brass with SS pins, how do you dry the pins after your done? Small little buggers sure are a pain to deal without getting them all over the place.

On a positive note (first time doing it) holy crap they came out nice and shiny!

Share your experience or secrets if you wish, I appreciate anything you offer.

[DiabeticKripple]

I dump the contents into a 5gal pail with the screen in to keep the brass in the drum.

Then I wash the brass in clean water over the pail to catch any remaining pins.

Once clean, I put the brass in a tray and they go into the oven at 150f for 2 hours to dry.

Once dry I dump the pins that are left back into the pail and then pour all the water out and leave the pins in the pail.

I don’t have the best setup but it works.

[6MT]

I let mine dry in a large pan. It takes a day or so, but they do dry.

No rush here. If I need to use them again before they’re dry, it doesn’t matter. I do clean them after they leave the tumbler.

[KazIce]

I just leave mine in the mesh tray, suspend it in air, and it’s dry throughout in less than 24 hours.


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[BKG]

I put mine into a food dehydrator for about an hour. They come out nice and dry.

[Macdsl]

Thanks guys I’ll try some of these.

[Dmay]

Why dry them?

[6MT]

Originally Posted by Dmay

Why dry them?

^Exactly!

[DiabeticKripple]

Originally Posted by Dmay

Why dry them?

Because I usually tumble in the morning and load in the afternoon.

[marky_mark]

Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple

Because I usually tumble in the morning and load in the afternoon.

But why dry the pins

[DiabeticKripple]

Originally Posted by marky_mark

But why dry the pins

Oh I don’t. I leave them in the bucket wet and they air dry. Thought we were talking brass.


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[rugerfan]

I’ve never bother drying the pins either, just leave the lid on the tumbler cracked when it’s in storage.

[Macdsl]

Fair enough. Just seemed wrong to me to leave the pins wet as well.

[justsomeguy]

Pop the top off tumbler, dump out most of the water in the sink, flush container for 2-3 minutes to purge out soap, make sure to stir the contents a few times. Then dump into fancy spinning thing that came with tumbler, spin, pull out brass and put in dehydrated / brass dryer, drain most of the water out of the bottom of the spinner container, let dry overnight, dump dry pins into tumbler, repeat.

PS: Don't use your wife's favourite mini-vacuum to pick the pins up when you spill them on the floor unless you want to buy a new one!

[marky_mark]

You guys do know they make a magnet for picking up all those pins, right?

[Macdsl]

Ya....the magnet I thought I wouldn’t need I’m now going to buy haha. Those little pins would be a lot easier to handle with the magnet.

Seriously though, thanks for the help guys. The whole thing is new to me so I’ll take whatever advice or experience you offer.