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Cleaning Shell cases.....Tumblers or ultrasonic cleaners ???
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 448916" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"Ultrasonic cleaners or shell case tumblers ??? Please give only your experiences and not hear say."</p><p> </p><p>I have both. I only use the vib tumbler for cases. I only use the US for cleaning mechanical things like string trimmer carborators and small electric motors.</p><p> </p><p>All rational priced bench top US cleaners are so low powered they won't clean more than 20-30 cases at once no matter the size of the tank. The guts will over heat if you run 'em more than 6-10 minutes without allowing 10 minutes of OFF so they can cool. It takes 4 to 8 cycles to get the kind of cleaning you see on the net. They are wet when you fininsh so they need several hours to dry internally before use. If you have 20 rounds it MIGHT be reasonable to use the US but not if you need to clean 100. </p><p> </p><p>Vib. tumbling is good and quite effecent. Media type matters not, use cob or nut, both work fine. Dump your cases in by hundreds, walk off and come back in a few hours (or the next day) and they are ready to use. Vib tumblers are only noisy if you don't have the bowl tightened down enough.</p><p> </p><p>Liquid bath rotary tumblers using (expensive) stainless or ceramic media is, IMHO, much more effective and efficent than an US cleaner but they are still slow and leave the cases wet. They are quite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 448916, member: 9215"] "Ultrasonic cleaners or shell case tumblers ??? Please give only your experiences and not hear say." I have both. I only use the vib tumbler for cases. I only use the US for cleaning mechanical things like string trimmer carborators and small electric motors. All rational priced bench top US cleaners are so low powered they won't clean more than 20-30 cases at once no matter the size of the tank. The guts will over heat if you run 'em more than 6-10 minutes without allowing 10 minutes of OFF so they can cool. It takes 4 to 8 cycles to get the kind of cleaning you see on the net. They are wet when you fininsh so they need several hours to dry internally before use. If you have 20 rounds it MIGHT be reasonable to use the US but not if you need to clean 100. Vib. tumbling is good and quite effecent. Media type matters not, use cob or nut, both work fine. Dump your cases in by hundreds, walk off and come back in a few hours (or the next day) and they are ready to use. Vib tumblers are only noisy if you don't have the bowl tightened down enough. Liquid bath rotary tumblers using (expensive) stainless or ceramic media is, IMHO, much more effective and efficent than an US cleaner but they are still slow and leave the cases wet. They are quite. [/QUOTE]
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