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Really sucks when a .223 case trickles down into the vent manifold on your car and locks things on "hot". Real pain to get back out of there. I gave up and paid the shop guy to do it, could have bought a lot of ammo for the tag of the repair bill
 
Far cleaner than than my vibrator
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You might want to rephrase that before members start asking questions. ;)
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:rofl:

I have heard running brass through the washer works, if you could find an old one cheap and had space for it, it may be an option.
I wouldn't want to do brass in the same one I did my clothes.
 
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wally said:
I pulled out a clean pair of underwear from the laundry basket and out fell a shinny as new .45acp case! Far cleaner than than my vibrator, corn-cob media, and Dillon case polish ever gets them!

My wife threatened to kill me if I ever knowingly put fired brass in the washer/dryer :)
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Well replace your media with dirty underwear in your tumbler. You won't have to buy media and you have a unlimited supply of the DU. Win Win.
 
Now you need someone to try laundry detergent instead of their normal concoction. This way you know if it's the laundry soap or the dirty underwear.
 
Far cleaner than than my vibrator, corn-cob media, and Dillon case polish ever gets them!

We all know that old habits are hard to break, but now that you've seen it with your own eyes, can we mark you down as (yet another) 'wet tumbling' convert???

:D
 
Bfh_auto said:
Now you need someone to try laundry detergent instead of their normal concoction. This way you know if it's the laundry soap or the dirty underwear.
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I use tide. Works ok, i commented on this a few months ago. I put brass, tide and hot water in a bucket with a lid and bungee cord it to my lawn tractor when i cut the grass. Its redneck but it works...
 
sparkyv said:
Perhaps the underwear is the magic...the shop rags may not work. :D
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I think you may have a point there. Shop rags are usually full of oil, grease, car polish, etc. Underwear on the other hand are "mostly" clean ... :eek:

I will start saving old underwear ... for brass. :D
 
My brother in law made a 6” PVC capsule that he filled half full with my old walnut media. Puts his brass in it and throws it in the bed of the truck for about a week. Says it comes out clean...it just reminds me of the toy story movie when woody is getting hammered in the back of the bed of the pizza delivery truck..(my brother in law is a crazy driver)
 
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6” PVC capsule that he filled half full with my old walnut media. Puts his brass in it and throws it in the bed of the truck for about a week.
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I am picturing several 2 liter bottles filled with brass/treated walnut media rolling around the bed of the truck.
 
wally said:
I pulled out a clean pair of underwear from the laundry basket and out fell a shinny as new .45acp case! Far cleaner than than my vibrator, corn-cob media, and Dillon case polish ever gets them!

My wife threatened to kill me if I ever knowingly put fired brass in the washer/dryer :)
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underwear with shell-holder loops ... just thinking out of the box(ers)

Sorry ... couldn't resist :)
 
"...My wife threatened to kill me if I ever knowingly put fired brass in the washer/dryer...."

At least your wife qualified it with "knowingly". You are one step ahead of me in wifely relations. My issue arose with an unfired .22lr round with a lead bullet. Needless to say, I had to go through each pocket of the four pairs of dungarees (including the secret pocket) before I had to rewash.
 
I've been cleaning brass that way for several years now. Put them in a cloth bag and tie it closed (with a dab of laundry detergent in there) then, put that bag in another one and tie it closed and toss it in. I've even run that same bag through the drier with a load of clothes. Works great. Pistol cases I run in a rotary.
 
fotheringill said:
You are one step ahead of me in wifely relations. My issue arose with an unfired .22lr round with a lead bullet. Needless to say, I had to go through each pocket of the four pairs of dungarees
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Same here. :D

When I shoot, unfired rounds I eject often go in the pants pocket. Come laundry day, my wife have approached me with a loaded round in her hand and ask, "Does this belong to you?" :eek:

Now I check my pants pockets before leaving the shooting area. :notworthy:
 
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