Originally Posted by PaintedDesert
I use the Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler (FART), that came with the SS pins and use Lemishine and Dawn. I make a point to use distilled water in both the operation and rinsing. A lot of people don’t seem to think it matters, but I do it anyways. I use a media separator that rotates with a hand crank and it gets most of the water out. I use old 9mm and 45acp factory ammo (plastic) holders that come in the cardboard box to hold the cases vertical, just like steveredd1. The bottom is not solid so they allow air and water to escape. I set them outside for a day or so and since I’m in the desert, they dry just fine. I don’t need to rush the drying because there usually is plenty to do on other reloading activities while they’re out.

I do the same thing except I tumble in hot tap water. After tumbling I dump the nasty water out, then dump the brass and pins in a five gallon bucket and rinse it out with the hose real good. Then I take the brass out and put it into a pan of distilled water, then roll the brass in an old towel, then into the old food dehydrator. Comes out spotless.

I only do this for large batches of dirty brass.

If I go to the range and want to clean and reload that brass I just use my vibrating tumbler with corn cob.