Front loading washer "no media" case tumbling

[LiveLife]

My wife wants a new set of steam washer/dryer. So, soon I may have a front loading GE washer as my high volume wet case tumbler.

Tide powder, Oxy-Clean, and a shot of Borax. Run them on full HOT.

krehmkej posted his process on the "What clever little ..." thread and I thought about wet "no media" case tumbling using mesh bags and deprimed cases.

Any more suggestions on mix ratio of detergents/chemicals?

Does the washer go out of balance during spin cycle? Or do you stop the cycle before it spins?

I am thinking about either using several 500 cases in smaller mesh bags or using one large mesh bag with about 3000 cases that will fill out to the size of the washer drum to even the weight distribution during the spin cycle

 

[LiveLife]

A little googling and reading got me this:

Simple Green and Trisodium Phosphate (T.S.P.):
- Will degrease/clean outside of case when soaked in warm solution
- Will remove black carbon fouling from inside the case when soaked in warm solution
- Will clean some/most of black carbon from primer pockets when wet tumbled in warm solution
- Will not polish case
- Will not harm brass
- Will not harden or soften brass

Common concentrations:
10 parts water to 1 part Simple Green for heavy cleaning
30 parts water to 1 part Simple Green for light cleaning
1/3-1/2 cup T.S.P. to 1 gallon of water

I always have a gallon of Simple Green in the garage and T.S.P. is around $2 for one pound container (Home Depot). I have used Simple Green and T.S.P. most of my life as degreasers and never really considered using them for wet tumbling.


I also looked up DIY recipe for laundry detergent as most wet tumbling solution was based on laundry detergent. I was looking for laundry detergent chemical make up and found this recipe at the above link:

1 cup grated bar laundry soap like Zote or Ivory (whichever is cheaper)
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Washing Soda or Oxy Clean or Baking soda

As far as I know, all the above mentioned items are not harmful to brass (maybe Oxy Clean) and looking to find a mixture to use with warm/hot washer water to clean/polish the brass cases. Many suggested (of all things, from beer brewing forums) to use the generic Oxy Clean from the dollar stores to clean metal containers without causing corrosion at lower water temperatures (some reported corrosion with brass, Oxy Clean and hot water so I need to verify this). I was planning to use warm/hot water but will test cold water if I use Oxy Clean in my test mixture.