Methods of Brass Drying

[tv1217]

I've just been air drying by sticking them in a Crown Royal bag and hanging them on a particular door knob because it's in front of one of my heating vents.

 

[t-squared]

I used to use one of these spaced up off the floor by small sections of 2x4 ......https://www.menards.com/main/doors-...dow-screens/gs1033/p-1444433580307-c-7666.htm
Using a small fan, I was able to get deprimed brass dry in a few hours. If I left the primers in it took a couple of days before no water was left when I deprimed them.
One thing that really makes drying go faster is to use the "bath towel burrito" method to get the majority of water gone...

 

[tv1217]

Yeah I should probably mention my hillbilly Crown Royal bag method is deprimed brass and only about 100 ata time Probably wouldn't work for high volume guys

 

[t-squared]

Can't knock it if it works!!

 

[tv1217]

Couldn't tell you how long it takes though. Clean, hang the bag on the door knob and go to work, they're dry when I get home

 

[EyeCarry]

In the summer I set them on the hot sidewalk in a paper box lid. I've used a dedicated, junky toaster oven too but it's too small for quantities this large and it just seems like a waste of energy.
I have also set them in front of the dehumidifier where the air from the fan will blow on them.

 

[tsm]

I just roll them around on a dry towel to get most of the water off and then aim a box fan toward the pile and let it blow on them for a couple of hours. Once or twice while the fan’s running I’ll redistribute the pile on the towel by moving the brass around with my hand. Works fine.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Pick up some food dehydrators on cl or a yard sale.

 

[indysims]

A little $15 space heater (one that has a fan) will do wonders. I shake my wet brass out in a towel and put them in a metal mesh basket held up directly over the space heater boxed in underneath. (Think DIY dehydrator with higher heat. A fan and a heat source below, stuff to dry above, in a semi enclosed ventilated environment.) An hour sitting over that heat the brass is warm and dry. Shake them out in another towel. The heat the brass holds will take care of any remaining moisture.

 

[bwframe]

Pretty simple $60 answer...

It dries water quenched cast boolits pretty well also.

 

[rala]

I took a couple of hornady case trays and drilled holes in the bottom. Stand up the brass and place on heater vent. Does 100 at a time and takes about 15 minutes. Of course it only works for de-primed brass.

 

[Indy574]

Summertime, I put them outside on a towel. Wintertime, I will give each cartridge a shot of from my air compressor. Blowing from the case mouth through the primer hole, this aids dry time exponentially. Pain in the ass, yes, but gets the job done.

 

[ljk]

$19.99 Walmart toaster oven, $3 wire tray.

400pcs of 9mm, or 200pcs 223.

150 degree 10 minutes, with the oven door cracked open 1/8" to let the hot moisturized air out.

Spread the brass out, let cool off on a sheet of large paper target.

No, you can't hurt the brass at 150 degrees, you can't hurt the brass if you boil it in water(212 degrees), either.

7+ years with this method, no problem.

 

[Notropis]

I like to use a bit of the car wash with wax as it aids drying quite a bit.
To dry, I simply put the separated wet brass on a dedicated and full size bath towel. Fold lengthwise to make a long burrito (as mentioned previously).
Then grab each of the longs ends and alternate tipping ends to tumble the brass inside the towel. Be aggressive and the brass will be 90% dry in just a half dozen tumbles.
Then I place it on the same towel and put a mini fan across it. Dries quickly enough to be spotless either in the morning or in the afternoon when I get home from work.

 

[t-squared]

I like to use a bit of the car wash with wax as it aids drying quite a bit.
To dry, I simply put the separated wet brass on a dedicated and full size bath towel. Fold lengthwise to make a long burrito (as mentioned previously).
Then grab each of the longs ends and alternate tipping ends to tumble the brass inside the towel. Be aggressive and the brass will be 90% dry in just a half dozen tumbles.
Then I place it on the same towel and put a mini fan across it. Dries quickly enough to be spotless either in the morning or in the afternoon when I get home from work.

This...except I do 20 slow tumbles back and forth.....different strokes and all !!

 

[straight-shooter]

Garage sale food dehydrator set at 150 for 20 minutes. Drys about 300 pcs at a time.

 

[Hohn]

If your wet tumbled brass is still a health hazard, then you haven't cleaned it. Rinse it better.

But I see no need to mix food and brass. (well, there is this one colander...). Just spread the brass out on a towel and run a blower fan over it and it will dry pretty fast.

Once of these style works brilliantly:
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Heating-Venting-Cooling-Fans-Blower-Fans/N-5yc1vZc4m7

 

[dieselrealtor]

I typically use 2-3 old towels,

hold the corners of the towel, roll the brass back & forth on the 1st towel, switch to 2nd towel & repeat.

Then put it in a few dollar tree wire baskets & on the heater vents overnight, dry by morning.

 

[DadSmith]

This works for me.
https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1016298842

 

[t-squared]

When I got back my Vista Outdoors rebates, I put them on our Amazon gift card balance and bought one of these...https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1...eFUB7vn1kkfCiczAFyL_lC-VXjlw0EJhoCvTQQAvD_BwE

So far it's been great. With "pre-dried" brass, after 1 hour of drying I can deprime a bunch of cases and the pockets are totally water free. This has saved me the tedious step of depriming before I tumble.