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Just a heads up - our local Aldi has their ultrasonic cleaners in stock. $30.

Yep works a bloody treat. Already cleaned all the Mrs rings as well as 200 cases

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I’ve got one of the first Aldi ultrasonics. Compared to my eBay special it’s very ordinary. Free to good home if you wanna pick it up


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There's a good recipe for the cleaning solution, at least as it applies to brass cases.

About 1 spoon of cream of tare tare, noting I usually sprinkle it rather than measuring. Then one or two drops of diswashing detergent. The rest water.

The dishwashing liquid adds a lot more sparkle and less water spots. Also helps a lot with the primer pockets.

The Raven wrote:There's a good recipe for the cleaning solution, at least as it applies to brass cases.

About 1 spoon of cream of tare tare, noting I usually sprinkle it rather than measuring. Then one or two drops of diswashing detergent. The rest water.

The dishwashing liquid adds a lot more sparkle and less water spots. Also helps a lot with the primer pockets.

Does that go in the US cleaning machine?

Is using one of these on cases important? We tend to shine em up with a scourer, but thats the outsider not the inside?

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Dunderi wrote:

The Raven wrote:There's a good recipe for the cleaning solution, at least as it applies to brass cases.

About 1 spoon of cream of tare tare, noting I usually sprinkle it rather than measuring. Then one or two drops of diswashing detergent. The rest water.

The dishwashing liquid adds a lot more sparkle and less water spots. Also helps a lot with the primer pockets.

Does that go in the US cleaning machine?

Is using one of these on cases important? We tend to shine em up with a scourer, but thats the outsider not the inside?

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What you are doing is fine. It will stop carbon residue scratching the inside of the dies which would eventually start scratching brass. You should run a case cleaning brush inside the neck too.

I started ultrasonic cleaning as I had this theory that if the internal capacity of cases differs then the pressure differs so the point of impact can wander and open up groups. If this is an undisputed ‘truism’ then my theory was that residue build up on the inside of cases would effect case capacity.

Ultrasonic cleans inside and out.
apparently that theory has been disproven. But I have nice shiny cases


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Dunderi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:32 pm

The Raven wrote:There's a good recipe for the cleaning solution, at least as it applies to brass cases.

About 1 spoon of cream of tare tare, noting I usually sprinkle it rather than measuring. Then one or two drops of diswashing detergent. The rest water.

The dishwashing liquid adds a lot more sparkle and less water spots. Also helps a lot with the primer pockets.

Does that go in the US cleaning machine?

Is using one of these on cases important? We tend to shine em up with a scourer, but thats the outsider not the inside?

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Yep, I use it in the ebay ultrasonic.

No, you can use whatever method you choose to clean brass. I haven't used a tumbler but they sound messy and long term expensive. There's other methods but I find the ultrasonic cleans the primer pockets as well of the inside/outside of the cases nicely (note I remove the spent primers before cleaning. I oven dry at 90-100C as that's the quickest method that works fine for me.

No need for a scourer with this method. Although you could polish the externals of the case if you want shiny brass.

The Raven wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:35 pm

Dunderi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:32 pm

The Raven wrote:There's a good recipe for the cleaning solution, at least as it applies to brass cases.

About 1 spoon of cream of tare tare, noting I usually sprinkle it rather than measuring. Then one or two drops of diswashing detergent. The rest water.

The dishwashing liquid adds a lot more sparkle and less water spots. Also helps a lot with the primer pockets.

Does that go in the US cleaning machine?

Is using one of these on cases important? We tend to shine em up with a scourer, but thats the outsider not the inside?

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Yep, I use it in the ebay ultrasonic.

No, you can use whatever method you choose to clean brass. I haven't used a tumbler but they sound messy and long term expensive. There's other methods but I find the ultrasonic cleans the primer pockets as well of the inside/outside of the cases nicely (note I remove the spent primers before cleaning. I oven dry at 90-100C as that's the quickest method that works fine for me.

No need for a scourer with this method. Although you could polish the externals of the case if you want shiny brass.

I haven't used a tumbler but they sound messy and long term expensive

????????

I tried Ultrasonic and did not like the results.

I brought a Stainless Steel Media Tumbler and have not looked back!
Brass comes out clean and SHINY!

No matter which cleaning method I use I always use a primer pocket uniformer to make
sure the pocket is not only clean but flat so the primer sits square.

Glenn