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Recommendations for Ultrasonic brass cleaner
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1061355" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Citric acid is the only active ingredient I add to water when ultrasonic cleaning my brass. If you research the internet, you'll find that citric acid imparts a corrosion resistance to the brass, in addition to cleaning. The citric acid I purchased is food 100% citric acid. Came packaged as a fine dry powder. It wasn't readily available when I was looking to purchase some. I only purchased the food grade because it wasn't all that expensive compared to non-food grade, and that's what I found available on Amazon.com Prime with free shipping to Alaska. </p><p></p><p>A citric acid solution is a very effective brass cleaner - no doubt why Hornady and Lyman use it in their products. I rinse my cleaned cases in warm/hot tap water, and then dry the cases with a hair dryer if I'm impatient. Or allow them to air dry at room temperature for 24 hrs on a bath towel if I'm in no hurry. </p><p></p><p>I reuse the citric acid solution. After I've finished with the ultrasonic cleaning, I let the black dirt/crud settle to the bottom of my beaker overnight. I then slowly pour the clean solution (tinted green) into a glass jar with a sealing lid. I periodically add a little citric acid and water to my solution to maintain strength. In this manner, my 1lb container of citric acid powder ($9.95) cleans a lot of brass. I've only used about 4 oz in the past 4 years. Of course that depends on how much you shoot, but I've easily cleaned 2000 cases. A lot of field pickups on .223. And many other cartridge cases also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1061355, member: 4191"] Citric acid is the only active ingredient I add to water when ultrasonic cleaning my brass. If you research the internet, you'll find that citric acid imparts a corrosion resistance to the brass, in addition to cleaning. The citric acid I purchased is food 100% citric acid. Came packaged as a fine dry powder. It wasn't readily available when I was looking to purchase some. I only purchased the food grade because it wasn't all that expensive compared to non-food grade, and that's what I found available on Amazon.com Prime with free shipping to Alaska. A citric acid solution is a very effective brass cleaner - no doubt why Hornady and Lyman use it in their products. I rinse my cleaned cases in warm/hot tap water, and then dry the cases with a hair dryer if I'm impatient. Or allow them to air dry at room temperature for 24 hrs on a bath towel if I'm in no hurry. I reuse the citric acid solution. After I've finished with the ultrasonic cleaning, I let the black dirt/crud settle to the bottom of my beaker overnight. I then slowly pour the clean solution (tinted green) into a glass jar with a sealing lid. I periodically add a little citric acid and water to my solution to maintain strength. In this manner, my 1lb container of citric acid powder ($9.95) cleans a lot of brass. I've only used about 4 oz in the past 4 years. Of course that depends on how much you shoot, but I've easily cleaned 2000 cases. A lot of field pickups on .223. And many other cartridge cases also. [/QUOTE]
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