Liquid Case Cleaner

[Dom]

I've been using Liquid Birchwood Casey Case Cleaner, but am getting low and couldn't find any recently. Did find some Lyman which I will try out. Anyone else using liquid? It is much FASTER, which is my main reason. Within minutes of deciding to spend my next bit of spare time getting some rounds ready, I can go from cleaning to sizing in short order.

Found this Iosso Liquid Case Cleaner on Cabelas website, has anyone tried this one yet? Looking for the good and the bad if anyone has, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

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[tooldummy]

I've heard about liquid cleaner but have never tried it myself. The 20 second to 5 minute thing sounds great. And inside primer pockets. What do you do to dry the cases though, put them in the oven or something? I may have to switch methods myself.

[Dom]

After I've immersed them for the time required, I rinse off with hot water and then take a hair dryer to them. I lay them all flat on papertowels and run it down the line, both ends maybe 3 or 4 times slowly and presto, they are dry and ready for sizing. I just find it a big timesaver vs. tumbling, as I always seem to wait 'til I have to, to get some more loading done and ammo ready to shoot or hunt with.

[BILLY D.]

DOM

I'VE BEEN A BIRCHWOOD CASEY FAN FOR YEARS. IT WORKS GREAT.

A LITTLE HINT IN DRYING, RINSE IN HOT WATER AND PUT THE CASES IN A COLANDER AND THEN BLOW DRY THEM. A PLASTIC COLANDER WORKS BEST BECAUSE YOU CAN AGITATE THE CASES AS YOU DRY THEM, SAVES SOME TIME AND EXCESS WATER RUNS OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE COLANDER AIDED BY THE BLOWDRYER.

[Cal Sibley]

I tumble my brass but prefer not to use any liquid in the cleaning process since it tends to cause clogging iside the case and priming pockets. I simply use a product called Lyman Tuf-Nut which is impregnated with jewellers rouge. It cleans well and polishes without clogging and doesn't contaminate the media so quickly. I find my media lasts a good bit longer. Just one mans opinion. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[BILLY D.]

Originally posted by Cal Sibley
I tumble my brass but prefer not to use any liquid in the cleaning process since it tends to cause clogging iside the case and priming pockets. I simply use a product called Lyman Tuf-Nut which is impregnated with jewellers rouge. It cleans well and polishes without clogging and doesn't contaminate the media so quickly. I find my media lasts a good bit longer. Just one mans opinion. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

cal

birchwood casey is a liquid cleaner. mix up the solution according to directions and immerse the casings in the cleaner, take them out and rinse in hot water blow dry with a hair to speed the drying time if it pleases you and when dry the cases are ready to start the reloading process. no media involved.

[Mickey Rat]

I have used liquid, but tumbling is better to me (I'm lazy). I also think tumbling removes more severe crud. It even removes the annealing discoloration.

I just picked up some cases that had melted plastic on them. They cleaned up in my tumbler. I didn't really think they would, but they shined up.

I size/deprime first, followed by tumbling to clean. It gets the spray on case lube (I said I was lazy) off and makes them look great.

[Bullseye 2]

When I first got in to reloading about 20 years ago, my wife was nice enough to buy me a RCBS Sidewinder for Christmas.

I use the liquid cleaner with this all the time, especially when the cases I get are badly tarnished or prior to me resizing. The liquid cleaner will not only make the exterior look like new, but it will also clean all the grime out of the interior of the case. This helps in preventing any particles sticking to the expander and the sizing of the neck seems to go much smoother.

After using the luquid media and sizing, I run all the brass through fine walnut in my Lyman 2200, and then load.

Good Shooting

HL

[Martini25-308]

I have tried both liquid and dry tumbling here in the last couple months and have to say the liquid Iosso is the winner. The brass is sweeky clean when you get done. It takes just a few minutes. "Rinse and blow dry." (we sound like the gals down at the beauty shop)

I tumbled some tarnished 30-06 for 3 hours and it barely made a difference. In the liquid it went and was shining in 2 minutes, even the primer pockets.

After playing around with it, I think I like cleaning the brass after I have sized it. It takes all lubrication off, cleans the primer pockets (I still run a brush in a few of the real crusty ones), and they dry better with the flash hole open.

Martini

[razmuz]

Get a gallon jug and fill it 1/2 with water and 1/2 white vinegar. Add 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp auto dishwasher soap. Put in brass and shake up, let set overnight and shake up again. Now put the brass in wire collander and rinse. Heat your oven up to 300 degrees, NOW TURN THE OVEN OFF. With the brass in the wire collander put it in the oven and forget about it for awhile. Dont forget to de-prime first. I then use a steel brush on a Dremil to clean primer pocket. Now it's time to resize. I've used this method since the 50's and it just as good as the commercial stuff. Good luck.

[GP]

For a quicky small clean I use Bam or Kboom,which are houshold tile cleaners. They do a adequate job. ($2.99 for a lifetime supply)