Got my answers - thanks!

[Too Tall Bob]

I know it sounds pretty obvious, but I’d like to know what folks do to clean up a large quantity (800 - 1,000) of really dusty dirty shotgun hulls. Thanks in advance for your ideas.

Edited March 6 by Too Tall Bob

[Tarheel Doc]

I use my wet tumbler when I clean my brass from a match. 

[Scarlett]

I get an old towel or rag and spray with rem oil, Ballistol or Hornady One Shot and wipe them off. I don’t worry about the insides much. 
 

Hugs!

Scarlett

[Go West]

I have a rag that I roll the hulls over to wipe off the dirt before I put them in my press. I'm too lazy to do any washing or rinsing.

[Jackalope]

When I get enough to just about fill my wet tumbler, I'll knock the primers out and give them about an hour's worth in water and a little bit of dish soap.  Rinse 'em off and spread them out in the sun on a shop towel to dry. 

[Kid Rich]

I do what GW says.

kR

[Eyesa Horg]

7 hours ago, Scarlett said:

I get an old towel or rag and spray with rem oil, Ballistol or Hornady One Shot and wipe them off. I don’t worry about the insides much. 
 

Hugs!

Scarlett

I do the same,but with Armour All.

[Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L]

I ran two perforated bags through the dish washer yesterday, then put them outside to dry. I'll know today if it worked or not.

 

[Lucky R. K.]

When I have accumulated a couple of hundred pieces or so, I put them in an old pillowcase and run them through a wash cycle in our washing machine. Then I spread them out on a flat surface in the sun to dry. I have found that you don't have to punch the primers out first. They get punched out the next time the shell is loaded. Never had a problem using this method.

Lucky 😁

[I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321]

I put dirty hulls in a 5 gallon bucket of water with a squirt of Dawn liquid soap, agitate, rinse and repeat until dirt are off, then I laid them out in the sun to dry for at least a couple of days.  Wife won't let me use the dishwasher nor the washing machine to wash the hulls nor she would let me use the dryer as it makes too much noise when turning, so I am stuck with a 5 gallon bucket.  😏

[Rye Miles #13621]

I just wipe them off with a rag. ..

[Tall John]

I dump mine in the utility sink in my garage (best upgrade to my shop!). I add tiny squirt of dawn in hot water and swirl them around for a few minutes, then drain, then run ‘em thru my Lyman media separator to extract as much excess water as possible.  I then put them in round lab sieves, primer up and then put them on top of a box pointing skyward or put  them in my dehydrator and convection toaster oven for a couple hours at 110-120 degrees.

 

ya’ gotta make sure that the insides of the hulls get really good and dry to minimize corrosion around the primer inside during storage.

 

I also wet tumble my brass before/after depriming to minimize the lead residue in my shop when reloading.  Don’t believe everything ppl tell you about how hard it is to get lead poisoning.

[Shooting Bull]

Get yourself a few mesh bags, load ‘em up, and toss in the washing machine.

 

Mesh bags

[Too Tall Bob]

Thanx to all. My question has been well and thoroughly answered. 

[Vail Vigilante]

The above will work. Never forget that any cleaning regimen should start with a blast of hi pressure air from the air compressor.

[Kid Rich]

I would think that would ensure the release of lead into the air.

kR