Curious About Wet Tumbling Using Dishwasher Pods?

I’ve been running my full size Fart for 2-3 hours depending on how dirty the cases are. Then I rinse them in cold water, until the water runs clear, refill with cold water and tumble them for another 1/2 hour for a “rinse” cycle. I haven’t saw any tarnish….yet.
 
So I use Dawn and LemiShine in appropriate amounts and run 1.5-2 hours with pins then air dry after a good rinse. To stop tarnish I vibe tumble with NuFinish and corn cob media for 15 min or so. Has worked for me for years so far. All my brass/ammo looks like new factory rounds.
 
FROGO207 said:
So I use Dawn and LemiShine in appropriate amounts and run 1.5-2 hours with pins then air dry after a good rinse. To stop tarnish I vibe tumble with NuFinish and corn cob media for 15 min or so. Has worked for me for years so far. All my brass/ammo looks like new factory rounds.
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Gee I’m sorry they only look like factory rounds—mine look like Tiffany’s.
 
Buzznrose said:
Tiffany? Not sure who she is. Is that the guy on the Bud Light can?
:rofl: ;) o_O
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Consider Tiffany was a Loyalist leader during the Revolution. He financed the assassinations of revolutionary leaders and operated a complex spy network within the Colonial armies.
 
LOL. I just eyeball everything. squirt of dawn or car wash soap. heavy sprinkle of Milliards citric acid and the brass comes out nice and shiny every time as long as I leave it in for at least an hour.
 
Used one pod again today in a FART lite with SS pins & 100 just shot 45acp cases. Little under two hours and cases are spectacular.

You really have to rinse many many times though cause these pods are designed for a big hot dishwasher and what four gallons of water?
 
I've only tried Lemishine and dishsoap without the pins. After that I put them in a dry media tumbler to add a little car wax to the brass which makes it easier to load.

I knew a guy that loaded thousands of 9mm for his MP5, and he swore by ERA laundry detergent. He would fill a bucket with hot water, add a cup of detergent to it, and let the brass sit in it overnight. This was about 15 years ago before the pins became a thing.
 
CQB45ACP said:
Used one pod again today in a FART lite with SS pins & 100 just shot 45acp cases. Little under two hours and cases are spectacular.

You really have to rinse many many times though cause these pods are designed for a big hot dishwasher and what four gallons of water?
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Have you been adding lemishine as well? I haven’t tried the pods with lemishine…I assume it has some citric acid in the pod ?
 
CQB45ACP said:
Used one pod again today in a FART lite with SS pins & 100 just shot 45acp cases. Little under two hours and cases are spectacular.

You really have to rinse many many times though cause these pods are designed for a big hot dishwasher and what four gallons of water?
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1. Those dishpods are not cheap. ymmv.
2. You have to "rinse many many times".

Those reasons alone would send me back to basic. Cheap dish soap and citric acid one or two rinses. I'll admit to experimenting as well, its what gets the possibility of a better process and better results. But I couldn't get call home results going further than the basics. Scented car wash soap that has a wax additive was slightly better but it produced more foaming action than normal dish soap and I was rinsing more with it. So i'll use that if its a green apple smelling shinier than normal brass day or something...
 
Click_Here said:
1. Those dishpods are not cheap. ymmv.
2. You have to "rinse many many times".

Those reasons alone would send me back to basic. Cheap dish soap and citric acid one or two rinses. I'll admit to experimenting as well, its what gets the possibility of a better process and better results. But I couldn't get call home results going further than the basics. Scented car wash soap that has a wax additive was slightly better but it produced more foaming action than normal dish soap and I was rinsing more with it. So i'll use that if its a green apple smelling shinier than normal brass day or something...
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I’m not advocating their use, just reporting.
 
The next round of brass I do I’m not going to use the water from out of the water softener. See if that helps cut down the rinse cycle. When I rinse I will use the soft water for that spot free shine. :)
 
Yamifrk said:
The next round of brass I do I’m not going to use the water from out of the water softener. See if that helps cut down the rinse cycle. When I rinse I will use the soft water for that spot free shine. :)
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Interesting. I have “city” water but my results seem to change using same formula.

I was wondering if the water authority was changing their chemical mix. I don’t drink it without filtering because, well, I just don’t.
 
It's most likely your water causing the results to change. When I lived in NOVA sometimes you got a lot of suds when taking a shower, sometimes you could barely get any. I see the same here, somedays suds, somedays not.

You could buy gallon jugs of water to try if you want, would probably give you more consistent results, although it would add another expense. You would want to boil it or at least heat it before using it.

chris
 
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