Brass Juice Case Wash (Going to try it)

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This product was mentioned in another thread / topic.

https://www.thereloadingstation.com/collections/frontpage/products/brass-juice-case-wash

There is only one youtube video that I saw.
They didn't show the primer pockets or inside of the cases after they were done.

I'm going to take one for the High Road Team and try it.
It is $29.83 to my door. I almost backed out after the shipping and taxes, but figured what the heck.

I tumble with Stainless Pins and love the results.
I also don't have a problem separating the pins from the cases.
I do it under water and they fall right out.
It takes just as long to pull cases out of my dry media.
I do spend extra time cleaning / rinsing the pins before putting my gear away.

That being said, the Brass Juice is supposed to give the same results without using pins.
It is also supposed to be reusable.

If this stuff is Snake Oil, people should know about it.

What I expect:
Same identical results as SS Pin Tumbling.

I like shiny clean cases inside and out along with clean primer pockets.

NOTE:
I 100% understand that only "X" amount of cleanliness is required, but I like what I like.

I will post up a new thread after I tumble some brass.

Someone will probably have to help me with pictures.
I'm too old and cranky to try to fight with a cell phone and the stupid MAC that my wife switched us over to.

Stay Tuned!
 
i would like to how it works, i wonder if it will pickle the brass. should look up the msds sheet to see whats in it, and i wonder how many times u can use it. if it works that would be good for some guys here, some like me dont have a tumbler and others cant just turn them on any time of the day.
 
I got the same results with about a 10% mix of IOSSO case cleaner in my wet tumbler without pins. That price is about what a gallon of IOSSO costs before shipping. It got my cases clean but not the bling of SS pins IMO and the primer pockets were only partially clean. I will be interested in your results as well.
 
dredd,
Thanks for taking one for the team...
I've looked at the MSDS and it has a few "proprietary ingredients".
I have worked in a place that had a chem lab and had them analyze stuff before, for secret ingredients, but not anymore.
Maybe someone else here is a chemist or has a chem lab where they work :thumbup:
I'll be watching this thread for your test results.
:D
 
I only clean small batches of brass anymore. My method is a plastic coffee can, "borrowing" a little concentrated lemon juice from my wife's supply and also a little squirt of her dishwashing soap. Combine in the coffee can and add tap water until about half full. Add brass, put on the cover and shake. Let it set for four hours or so, shaking it a couple of time during those hours. When the soak is done I pour the brass into a straining basket over the kitchen sink and rinse with hot water. Then I spread it on a large metal work table outside my garage to dry. I have noticed no ill effects to the brass. I have also not been able to find any warning against this on the internet. Lemon juice is an acid and of course I wouldn't use undiluted juice and leave the brass in it for an extended length of time. I don't know that the soap is absolutely necessary but it certain;y won't harm anything. I guess you could rinse it with soda water if you were worried that the water rinse wasn't enough to remove the lemon juice.

I have found my brass to be clean inside and out using this method. It's clean, quite, and cheap method.
 
I've gotten over bright & shiny mostly. I want decent looking brass, but going for the level of polish that would please even the strictest drill sgt during a class A inspection I found to simply be a waste of time/resources. But I get the wanting to do it since I was that way for a long time....

I tend to process brass in large batches and what I've found is simply filling kitchen sink (or 5 gal bucket) about 1/3 way with hot water, adding a squirt of Dawn and about a teaspoon of Lemishine works well. I just agitate it around with my hands for about 5 minutes, then rinse it well in a colander, then do a final dunk in sink full of clean hot water.

Brass comes out about 85-90% as "bright & shiny" as much more tedious methods. After drying - especially if I speed that up in a 250° convection oven - it dulls some. Ends up looking about like the bottom of new Wolf Gold .223 below the annealing discoloration. Not perfectly bright & shiny, but clean and not terrible either. That actually gets primer pockets better than tumbling in walnut did for me. Definitely "good enough", very cheap, and very fast - other than waiting on drying.

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The .308 case in middle is pretty well as bright as it'll get. The .223 cases alongside it with the "soap & water" method.....not too terrible in comparison. Darker, a little spotting, but easily clean enough to inspect and not look too awful.
 
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If you send me a self addressed stamped envelope and $20, I will send you the formula to make your own at home for free.:)

Case cleaning is getting to be like snake oil gun oils. Put a small amount in a small container and charge more than a gal of motor oil.

They seem to be a "niche" product so they list no MSDS to reveal what the ingredients are.

No doubt one of the many secret acids as are all the other ones are.

"There is a Customer Born Every Minute"
 
I am out to do one thing.
Test the claims of a particular product.

As covered in many other threads...
We have already gone over how clean brass has to be.
How to do it in an assortment of containers and contraptions.
All sorts of cleaners, both home made & purchased.

I already have a method that pleases me.

I decided to waste $30.00 in an effort to either be amazed or put the word out on the latest Snake Oil.

I do not feel there is a need to debate cleaning methods & solutions in this thread.

It is simply to test the claims of one product.

I was born at night, but not last night :)
 
I'm happy with my pins and Lemi Shine. But if there is something else out there that also works well, and maybe a little better, I'll give it a go.
 
glc24 said:
Like I posted. If you click on a Liter its 20.00. Why the gallon shows at 74.99, is a mystery for sure!o_O
Click to expand...

4 liters equals 1.056 gals So look at how much money you save buying in a larger container.:)

I am going to go out back and pick some large lemons and squeeze some Lem Juice.;)
 
CMV said:
I've gotten over bright & shiny mostly. I want decent looking brass, but going for the level of polish that would please even the strictest drill sgt during a class A inspection I found to simply be a waste of time/resources. But I get the wanting to do it since I was that way for a long time....

I tend to process brass in large batches and what I've found is simply filling kitchen sink (or 5 gal bucket) about 1/3 way with hot water, adding a squirt of Dawn and about a teaspoon of Lemishine works well. I just agitate it around with my hands for about 5 minutes, then rinse it well in a colander, then do a final dunk in sink full of clean hot water.

Brass comes out about 85-90% as "bright & shiny" as much more tedious methods. After drying - especially if I speed that up in a 250° convection oven - it dulls some. Ends up looking about like the bottom of new Wolf Gold .223 below the annealing discoloration. Not perfectly bright & shiny, but clean and not terrible either. That actually gets primer pockets better than tumbling in walnut did for me. Definitely "good enough", very cheap, and very fast - other than waiting on drying.

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The .308 case in middle is pretty well as bright as it'll get. The .223 cases alongside it with the "soap & water" method.....not too terrible in comparison. Darker, a little spotting, but easily clean enough to inspect and not look too awful.
Click to expand...

I don't care about the bright, shiny, new look either. It's work for nothing. As long as it's clean I'm good and it's going to become discolored again as soon as you shoot it.

You are a braver man than me to use the kitchen sink. The chief cook and bottle washer would probably shoot me if I tried it in her expensive sink. Oh well, she doesn't complain about the cost of my guns so I kept my mouth shut about her sink when we did the kitchen remodel as well as the appliances she picked out.
 
While bright shiny brass looks good I would rather have brass with some carbon left inside. Makes it a lot easier to run on my Dillon 650. The carbon lubes the powder funnel. Shiny brass sticks to the powder funnel.

I knock the dirt off and give them a couple hours in the vibratory tumbler and then reload them.
 
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