hot soda water?

[Bezoar]

Ive been coming across older reloading articles that say you should either wash fired cases in hot soap suds or in hot soda water. Is this something a smart person does or an idiot?

 

[Walkalong]

I don't see why it would not work fine.

 

[rcmodel]

It's a fine idea if you are shooting black powder loads.

Otherwise it's a complete waste of time and dish soap, and you could chill & drink the soda to better effect.


rcmodel

 

[CoRoMo]

I keep trying different things until I'm able to get a tumbler, so I'll probably give this one a try as well. I recently tried gasoline because I saw it on a post here. It might have cleaned the brass, but it also made them smelly. Now I'll have to wash them in the sink and soap to get that smell off.

 

[rcmodel]

You would have better luck washing them in vinager & water then dish soap.

Vinager is a mild acid and will remove some small amount of tarnish.

Or, you can add some dish soap also. Whatever.

Or, you can use this:
http://www.birchwoodcasey.com/sport/maintenance_index.asp?categoryID=2&subcat=3&prodcat=57


rcmodel

 

[cdrt]

I've posted this before; it's from an old NRA reprint.

Mix one pint water, 1 cup white vinegar, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon of detergent (laundry will do). You can mix it in a mayo jar or any quart jar will do. Once combined, dump in your brass and shake off and on for about 10 minutes. Guaranteed to clean up brass really well. Once done, drain liquid off so you can use it again. Rinse the brass off. The brass can then be dried in the sun on a towel or you can put it in a mild oven for a few minutes. I use the sun method. Once dry, decap so you can make sure the primer pockets are free of liquid.

 

[FLORIDA KEVIN]

I have been using the dishsoap and water method it works but it is time consuming ! I will try CDRTs method ~!