John Boy Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 How to Dry Wet Brass in Under 2 Minutes! « on: May 02, 2010, 01:26:06 PM » Look around the gun and casting forums and you will see posts of many different ways to dry your wet brass. Well, Billy Mays is here to tell you it can be done in under 2 minutes with two very common household 'tools': * Your wife's or 'your' hair dryer * A towel of any appropriate size to hold the batch of wet brass Shake off the excess water in the cases. Lay your wet cases on a towel. Make and hold a 'cone shape' of one end of the towel. Stuff all the cases into the cone. Turn the hair dryer on High and point it into the cone. In effect, one has created an oven. In under 2 minutes, the cases will be so hot, one can not hold one with their fingers - Done! 72.68.111.4 Regards John SASS ~ Darkside WartHog ~ SBSS (OGB, w/Star) ~ SCORRS GAF Bvt 1st LT, Atlantic Division Scouts Devote Convert to BPCR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 long as i dont get burned or the towel dont catch fire im OK with giving it a go , if the above occurs ill file a complaint , but thanks for the tip , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I use a food dehydrator that I got for a few bucks at an estate sale. Drain the brass well, put them in the dehydrator and watch a couple of TV shows. They're perfectly dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 57 minutes ago, TN Mongo, SASS #61450 said: I use a food dehydrator that I got for a few bucks at an estate sale. Drain the brass well, put them in the dehydrator and watch a couple of TV shows. They're perfectly dry. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Howdy, As a non reloader I gotta ask, whats the rush? Seems to me a dark colored towel laid out in the sun and a single layer of wet brass and the brass would dry with no electric bill. I often dry heavy towels and sheets etc on a clothesline with the help of sun and breeze. Some days the sun isn't available but it sure helps sometimes. Maybe instead of fastest, they might go fer cheeepest? Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefro, SASS#69420 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I still let the sun dry mine.......but I've used a hair dryer for years when cleaning Black Powder guns, even though I use Murphy's Mix I still like to hit em' with the dryer before final spray of Ballistol. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I'm gonna echo Chili Ron's question. Does drying them faster make any difference other than saving time? I ask because I have a hard time keeping my brass shiny. I lay it all out on towels and by the time it's dry all the cases have already begun to tarnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky R. K. Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I put wet, black powder, brass directly into the tumbler filled with walnut hull media and three teaspoons of mineral spirits. After running the tumbler overnight the brass is shiny and ready to be reloaded. Lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Nah. I'm lazy. Too easy to set the towel aflame. Bad Joss. It is now being Winter in the north east .... What is "sun??" Just drain and dump the brass on a rimmed cookie sheet, bake at 180 or 200 deg for an hour then dump em inna Dillon shaker for an hour and DONE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 another dark towel in the sun guy here Agree cheap is better than fast if $$ is involved glad others have found ways that work for them cheyenne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrelhouse Bob, SASS#22663 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Spread on a paper towel on the kitchen counter overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 After wet tumbling and rinsing , I put mine out in the sun on a piece of window screen that is on a 2X4 frame. Lets air all around , and here in West Texas we have ample sunshine. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Quote long as i dont get burned or the towel dont catch fire im OK with giving it a go , if the above occurs ill file a complaint * A typical 1000 watt hair dryer can generate a maximum temperature of approximately 225 degrees F by formula * Get burned? I wait for the cases to cool down because the case will hot to the touch ... burns happen above approximately 140 degrees Fahrenheit * Towel catch on fire? Cotton burns at 400 Fahrenheit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyMaverick Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The only reason I can think of for wanting to dry the brass so quickly would be if I needed to reload them right away. If that were the case then I would realize I don't have enough brass and get some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major BS Walker Regulator Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Put mine in a dehydrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Quote The only reason I can think of for wanting to dry the brass so quickly would be if I needed to reload them right away. If that were the case then I would realize I don't have enough brass and get some more. Cody, I really feel sorry for these individuals that are so cheap not to have sufficient brass in inventory. I hope you are not one of these types of reloaders. I keep a more than ample inventory of brass and reloads for 31 calibers that I shoot including about 4200 primed empty 22LR cases that thank heavens I don't have to clean Brass Partial Inventory including 1000 9mm Reloads Empty Brass to be Reloaded Two weeks ago, I spent 5 days at Ridgway Rifle Club with multiple rifles and here's the 1100 empty cases that need to be reloaded for inventory - not including the 2 hundred 22LR I shot And the pictures don't include the cases of shotshells, smokeless and black powder As for me, I better things to do than 'wait for paint to dry'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyMaverick Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 1 hour ago, John Boy said: As for me, I better things to do than 'wait for paint to dry'. I can see that, It also looks like you have better things to do than straightening up your reloading room either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyMaverick Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Major B. S. Walker said: Put mine in a dehydrator. Me too, but I just call mine "The Oven". Of course, at my house the oven doesn't have much else to do except cook the occasional frozen pizza. That might explain why my reloads always smell so cheesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Solo Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 On 10/26/2017 at 2:49 PM, Barrelhouse Bob, SASS#22663 said: Spread on a paper towel on the kitchen counter overnight. My wife won't let me use the kitchen table but I have an old table in the basement. I have an old blanket that serves the same function of the bath towel. I spead the wet brass evenly and cover with paper towels and wait a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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