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Posted: 5/18/2011 1:55:48 PM EDT
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I recently aquired some stainless steel media, and ran a batch of dirty 9mm through. I was amazed with the shine afterwards. However, I lack an effective way to dry them. I have heard of drying them in the oven, does anyone have any experience with this? Specifically what temperature to set the oven at and how to stand the brass on the baking sheet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gabriel |
I just did a ton. (Just soaked in Lemishine, I haven't gotten as far as a tumbler with stainless media yet.  )
I got some of those disposable lasagna pans and lined them with paper towels. I tried standing up 9mm and .45 but I gave up and just kind of strained them of water as best I could and then put them in as thin a layer as I could. I put them in the oven at 220* for about 25 minutes. Seems to have gotten them dry. I'm sure someone will come along to tell me what I did wrong. 
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I hope you deprimed the cases, otherwise this won't work;
After a water rinse, place brass on an old towel and get all of the surface water off of the cases. I then place the cases on a baking pan and let them sit. Two days is all it takes to dry in my unheated workshop. 
Or, if I have the wood stove going, takes 20 minutes on top of the stove. If you dry in an oven, keep temp at or below 200 degrees. I put a thermometer in with my brass on top of the stove one time, it read 180 degrees F. 
Should look like this when you are done. |
| Your wifes hair dryer will dry 100 cases in less than ~3 minutes, when I finish rinsing I towel the excess water off and dump the cases back in the strainer I use and set it back over the top of a small 1 gal bucket, this way the hot air flows over the cases, through the strainer, and into the bottom of the bucket where it turns and comes back up which really speeds up the drying process. It will dry them faster than you ever believed inside and out, just try it. |
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I use an old food dehydrator. If you can find one at a garage sale or Salvation Army, it is worth the cost. It has several drying racks for doing a lot of cases at a time.
I don't know how long it takes because I put them on before bed, and take them off in the morning. In other words, less than 5 hours. May not be the fastest, but it sure is easy !!! JKM |
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Thank you to all for the replies. The input is very appreciated. I was wondering, is the brass damaged at temperatures over 200? No. "Brass which has been "work hardened" (sometimes referred to as "cold worked") is unaffected by temperatures (Fahrenheit) up to 482 degrees (F) regardless of the time it is left at this temperature. At about 495 degrees (F) some changes in grain structure begins to occur, although the brass remains about as hard as before––it would take a laboratory analysis to see the changes that take place at this temperature." http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html Just throw it in the oven 220 for 30 minutes on a cookie sheet (an old one so the women don't taze you). |
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Some people put it on top of the heat exchange out side on their airconditioning unit. ( it blows hot air) on a tray with holes. I usually dry the brass with a towel like this: 
then throw it out in the sun to dry... I never thought I would be able to use that gif in a reloading thread... 
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