I'm eventually going to experiment with wet tumbling, but for now I'm still doing dry tumbling with crushed walnut shells and some Nu Finish mixed in.
I am very happy with how clean and shinny the brass comes out, but I'm so tried of thin layer of dust that gets into the cases. I've done the dryer sheet trick, paper towels, car Polish and none of it completely solves the problem.
I get the dust off of the outside of the cases by laying them on a bath towel and lifting the ends up and down while the cases roll around in the center. It takes seconds. The inside is a different story.
So I am wondering, should I even worry about the layer of dust that's inside the cases? It is so thin that you can't even tell the dust is there until you've wipe parts of the surface clean. Currently I've been blowing the cases out with compressed air, it is very time consuming so I'm tempted to start rinsing them off with water and letting them dry.
Does anyone out there just ignore the dust inside of the case and load it as is?
I am very happy with how clean and shinny the brass comes out, but I'm so tried of thin layer of dust that gets into the cases. I've done the dryer sheet trick, paper towels, car Polish and none of it completely solves the problem.
I get the dust off of the outside of the cases by laying them on a bath towel and lifting the ends up and down while the cases roll around in the center. It takes seconds. The inside is a different story.
So I am wondering, should I even worry about the layer of dust that's inside the cases? It is so thin that you can't even tell the dust is there until you've wipe parts of the surface clean. Currently I've been blowing the cases out with compressed air, it is very time consuming so I'm tempted to start rinsing them off with water and letting them dry.
Does anyone out there just ignore the dust inside of the case and load it as is?