Using Vinegar in Wet Tumbling

[Hooda Thunkit]

I'm not a chemist nor a scientist (I can barely speak English)... My method is - old Maxwell House coffee can with snap lid, a generous squirt of Dawn (generic equivalent), a splash of lemon juice from the fridge, sometimes a little white vinegar and hot water as hot as the tap will go. Shake like a maniac for a few minutes and rinse with cold water till it runs clear. Dry on an old ratty beach towel in the garage. Done.

The Dawn cuts through carbon and bullet lube and the vinegar/lemon juice will get the other darks spot off as well.

Very similar to what I did for over 20 years, when I bothered to clean brass at all.

I still use hot tap water and soap to clean my rifle 'match' brass. It never hits the ground anyway - from the cartridge box to the chamber, from the chamber to a quick wipe of the neck with a rag, to the cartridge box.
Again, when I bother to clean it at all.