Cleaning Brass

[rusty815]

you didnt do a good job trying to clean the brass here, first, brass is harder to clean than other metals, so the solution for it is a bit different, you have to use something like 50% water, 50% vinegar and a few drops of dish soap. second, it takes more than one cycle for brass due to it being hard to clean, three cycles (18 minutes) with the mentioned solution gets them sparkly clean, there are a few videos on youtube showing this.

[lskw1]

@rusty815 i know I didn't do a good job.. im pretty sure i said it a few times that i didn't. lol

[rusty815]

@lskw1 lol, its all good, you should make another video trying to clean brass using my advice, im sure that after 3 or 4 cycles you will get the brass to be factory clean if not better.

[lskw1]

@rusty815 at the time i made this video I didn't reload, but i do now, so I just use my tumbler, May not get it as sparkling clean, but im able to do more volume, Im using a 550B  so she can really pump em out

[rusty815]

@lskw1 your cleaner should be good for about 150-200 pieces of .308 brass, I guess if you need to clean more at once a tumbler is better, but an ultrasonic cleaner is just as effective and takes a lot less time (should be less than an hour from putting them in the cleaner to drying using the lowest setting in an oven).

[lskw1]

@rusty815 yea i just like the tumbler cause of the convenience, less mess, to each his own :)

[Dumyat2007]

hey, thanks for uploading this. i appreciate your time. you have not wasted anybody's time. you have shown us that this is not the way we want to go. and that is a success! now we'll go in another direction.

argyll1986

[lskw1]

@Dumyat2007 lol thanks man

[oilhammer04]

I use that same machine with a little dishwashing liquid, vinegar, and warm water. This cleans the brass, (but probably too much since it leaves the brass with a dull finish. I may use less vinegar. I clean the brass by hand, deprime it, and then put it in the ultrasonic cleaning machine last. 

[lskw1]

@oilhammer04 at the time i made this vid it didn't reload, now i do and i just clean the brass in a tumbler, i used to get all crazy and deprime before cleaning but it never seems to be an issue if i don't so...

[NikyRipy]

What liquid do you use?

[lskw1]

@NikyRipy water and simple green, don't use it it doesn't work..lol

[NikyRipy]

@lskw1 What is simple green? :) Sorry But I'm Italian :)

[lskw1]

@NikyRipy its a cleaner, google it its prolly ava near you or under a different name

[NikyRipy]

@lskw1 Ook thanks :D

[ChicaWolverina]

Would you please just do the aluminum foil test for this cleaner, because it shows if it's even worth buying for light work? Do the foil test!

[lskw1]

@ChicaWolverina how do u do that

[ChicaWolverina]

@lskw1 Well fer that thar one... well takes you nice piece b'out four by 7 inches and hold one end in the liquid a couple of inches for a couple of minutes, I guess. But then you should starts tah c's litt'r holes appear'n on it likes. Oh... yeah, and they say that yah shouldn't out'r be a putting nothing straight down on the bottom without tah basket or'n yah mitt'nt spoil the pizzeo transducer out or make it not clean as well cos of it dampening the acustic coupling out of er in'll!

[glynamus]

cool aid works wonders on this! no joke, and dont put in sugar!!!!!

[ralphhubbell]

Will your next video prove circular wheels roll best? What a waste of time.

[lskw1]

@ralphhubbell yea from time to time my videos attract dumb fuck retards...thanks for the view :)

[drjerrymc]

When I use Hornady's ultrasonic cleaner made for brass in my Harbor Freight ultrasonic machine, I get excellent results! It comes down to using the right tool for the job.

[lskw1]

@drjerrymc well said man, i guess i was just seeing what would happen..lol

[drjerrymc]

@lskw1 That's true, you never know until you try!

[rsrocket1]

If you use water only with a drop of Dawn diswasher liquid, this cleaner only cleans about 16 cases of 45 ACP or .308 with four 8 minute cylces. It works much better with a solution of Lemi-Shine or powdered Citric Acid, but just like the Hornady unit, it's the chemicals doing most of the work . If you use vinegar, you must be sure to neutralize it with a cycle or two in a solution of baking soda, otherwise your brass will turn pink in a few days.

[flwalt]

The solution you use for cleaning is important. I have tried several recipes in my sonic cleaner and the best so far has been 1 tsp. Lemi-Shine and a little dawn dish washing detergent per 1 quart of water. It takes 16 to 24 minutes to clean a basket full of brass. The solution turns black. There may still be some discoloration but it is clean. If you remove the primers it will clean the primer pockets too.

[lskw1]

@flwalt thanks i'll have to check that one out

[wifebeater756]

i wasted my time for you lol

[arohn2007]

I like this guy, he sounds really nice. Great video

[lskw1]

@arohn2007 thanks!

[arohn2007]

@lskw1 No problem dude :)

[goldfishcarlos]

I gotta go GO lol

[2LateIWon]

White Vinigar and dawn seems to do really well.

[billpilk1]

Live in the UK? We sell these Ultrasonic cleaning machines here in the UK. BestUltrasonic.co.uk

[bigdaddy1325]

Try useing the brass case cleaner sold by reloading suppliers for sonic case cleaners..

[semiautoriflelover]

My video I had was fake, I only fire 50 rounds per year and I don't own a brass tumbler. I sent my brass off to a company and they cleaned it in a washing machine.

[lskw1]

@semiautoriflelover did you send it in a flat rate box from the post office

[goodnightChesty1775]

lol man...cabellas sells "cartridge cleaner" with there hornady one for 21.00 that might work, but its also a box of ammo...

[lskw1]

@goodnightChesty1775 aint kidding there

[breadstick360]

Well I wouldn't consider a total waist of time....'cause I'm going to get myself one. Got a Harbor Freight store near me and will go get one soon. Why? Cause I can do the same shit heh......

[lskw1]

@breadstick360 it still works well with other things

[SHOOTERNW]

thanks for wasting your time keep the cleaning vids coming

[lskw1]

@SHOOTERNW lol thanks

[thebudgetarmory1]

I appreciate you wasting time before I did. I was considering it for brass, but now I'm not so sure.

[lskw1]

@thebudgetarmory1 yea def not ideal for brass

[CaptainBerz]

HAHA!

[sailingmanuel]

I hope you can get a refund on that thing.

[lskw1]

@sailingmanuel it works well for cleaning guns

[josephd27]

it looked like the simple green did clean them up a bit

[lskw1]

@josephd27 maybe just a tad but the water wasn't all that dirty

[noBuzzkillin]

I think rctrav was going to make a vid where he uses one of those to give himself a hummer.. Haha

[lskw1]

@noBuzzkillin he would.. and he would think of me the whole time too...EWWW!!!

[kneedown4GOD]

a little vinegar in the water will make the brass shine like new money.i use my ultrasonic cleaner with a commercial solution to clean brass and it works very well,but i have used vinegar it works too.great series of vids bro,GOD bless!

[lskw1]

@kneedown4GOD i'll try it.. thanks!

[Berlindagem]

Nothing!!!Nothing!!! lol

[lskw1]

@Berlindagem lol



[rekjavicxxx]

Hey man, you should set that timer on like 12,000 seconds!! Maybe it would REALLY do something then!!!

Or try some really dirty objects next time like rocks, iron ore or maybe your johnson!! :P HAHAHA! You shoulda seen that one comin ;)

[lskw1]

@rekjavicxxx hahah funny thing is that i did see it coming

[rekjavicxxx]

@lskw1 LOL! Oh alright. Thought ya mighta had something in your eye an woulda been blindsided.....Guess I was WRONG! Haha

[lskw1]

@rekjavicxxx lol

[breadstick360]

lovin' these vid....thanks.

[lskw1]

@breadstick360 thanks for watching man

[paintballdude902]

ill stick to my tumbler

[lskw1]

@paintballdude902 smart!

[barnettzack]

i know hornady makes ultrasonic brass cleaner solvent but i don't know how well it works... i'll still tumble in walnut media...

[lskw1]

@barnettzack yea i just wanted to throw this out there so see what happens,,,, now i know..NOTHING

[Dp908]

Water and dish soap is best, or ultrasonic brass cleaning solution. Ultrasonic cleaners are good for cleaning dirt out of your brass when a vibratory tumbler and walnut media just wont get the job done. Making sure the dirt is out of your case necks also prolongs the life and reduces wear on your expander ball. Get the right stuff for the job and it will get it done.

[MatrixOne976]

im digging this series. try simple green in that ultrasonic or at least different cleaners.

[lskw1]

@MatrixOne976 the second half of the vid was simple green...

[MatrixOne976]

@lskw1 brain fart sorry spoke too soon. um well i suggest maybe doing a cleaning using raw CLR and brass. i'd be interested to see the outcome.

[badjeep02]

Thanks for wasting your time. Lol! If you can get brass like that for free you might want to consider selling it.

[lskw1]

@badjeep02 i give it to a friend, i just get a big pile than hand it over

[krazy45cat]

cook some wing in that thing :)

[lskw1]

@krazy45cat yea!.. they would be clean wings too!!

[jayrod68]

The perfect tool to clean brass is the stupid tumbler thingee that every reloader should have. lol I can only wonder who asked! lol

[lskw1]

@jayrod68 i know alot of ppl said it cleaned out the primer part of the brass real well..