Drying cases that were cleaned with an ultrasonic cleaner

[lrrifleman]

Greetings!

For those of you that use an ultrasonic device for cleaning your brass, how do you dry your brass before you prime and charge the cases?

Honestly, I am not anxious to let the cases just air dry.

As always, thanks in advance for your help!

 

[TAROMAN]

I dump them out on a towel laid on the floor and set a fan to blow on them.

 

[3wire]

I use the Hornady Case and Parts Dryer. Works great.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

I'm usually not in a big hurry to get my cases dry. But they seem to dry out pretty fast when I put them on a dark colored towel in the direct sunshine on the patio. I've heard other guys put them on a cookie sheet in the oven at 200 degrees.

 

[iouri]

I usually clean cases when I accumulate enough in one size (like 9, 380 and 38 or 10 and 40). Then leave it to air dry, sort and shelf for storage. It might be weeks or even months before I get to those to load and when I do I load 1-3 thousands, well except for "boutique" ammo like 500 S&W, 460 Mag, 50 Beo, those are loaded in batches of 50-100.

 

[Autonomous]

Sunshine, otherwise sit on a towel and turn them now and then.

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

I'm a towel and a fan guy. If I can't wait, I stick them in a wire mesh tray and pop 'em in the toaster oven for 15 min at 200.

 

[Moe Mentum]

Go green, put them out in the sun.

 

[TXBryan]

Roll them around in a large bath towel to get most of the water off the outside of the cases (helps prevents spots) and then lay them in the sun spread out so cases are not touching one another. In Central Texas it normally doesn't take very long - about an hour generally ensures very dry brass inside and out. Good luck with whatever method you choose!

 

[4barrel]

If you have a hot plate put them in hot soapy<don't have to use soap> water and dump on a a screen and shake and then onto a flat surface. They will be dry before they cool. Make sure there are none standing up. I do carburetor parts that way.

 

[jlemay69]

I towel dry then use a multiple tray vegetable dehydrator on low heat for an hour or more.

 

[Mike0251]

Food dehydrator after towel dry. 115F set it and forget it for 6 hours.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

DRYING BRASS

For many years I just put the brass on a tray in front of a small fan. Was never in a hurry but in time, when I had a lot more brass to dry, this took up too much room. I got a Lyman dryer, (5 trays) no waiting, and it more than does the job, and the footprint is small, given the job that needs to be done.

 

[local_dirt]

I dump them out on a towel laid on the floor and set a fan to blow on them.

I just lay them out flat on a towel and let them dry naturally. Somewhere between 150K and 200K that way.

 

[len917]

In the colder weather I use an old toaster oven. In the warmer weather I leave them outside spread out on a solid surface

 

[Freischütz]

In the sunshine, over the furnace's forced air duct, and, if those aren't available, the oven at 150°F.

 

[GypsmJim]

Looks like not rocket science to me.

I have 5 metal pans, one each for the shelves in my wife's electric stove (oven). Set at the lowest temp, they dry in about 15 minutes and the wife is quite happy to let me use her oven.

 

[Model52guy]

I do the final rinse in 'denatured alcohol" then lay them out in the sunshine. Only takes a few minutes to dry and I put the alcohol back into the jug. Keeps the spotting stains down.

 

[kbm6893]

I used to use just a towel, but splurged and spent the money on a Lyman case dryer. Takes up very little room and three hours later they're dry as a bone.

 

[serger]

This time of year, I put them in the sun
in the morning and bring them inside in
the late afternoon.

In the winter I put them in the oven at
180 and take them out an hour later.