This is what I read elsewhere, too.
gandog, do you use any Dawn dish detergent or just water and Lemi-Shine?
Ed
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Dawn and Lemi-shine. I have a 15 pound drum, use a gallon of water, 5 lbs. of media. And not a whole lot of Dawn, and like 1/2 tablespoon of Lemi-shine
So, is this the original, dry Lemi-Shine? I picked some up, but want to make sure before I use it. I checked the ingredients and it seemed pretty simple (i.e. not harmful to brass), just "real fruit acids and natural citrus oils."
Ed
Whoa, I decap FIRST, then run through the rotary. I like the nice shiny non sooty primer pockets. I decap the dirty brass with a Lee universal decapping die so I don't scratch up my sizing dies.
I have the Thumler's B model with a 15 pound drum, so I use 5 pounds of media, 5 pounds of brass, and a gallon of water. 1/2 tablespoon of Lemi-shine and a squirt of Dawn.
Hmm, he said brown, but I'm wondering if it could have been laquered steel cases originally. I mean even a vibratory tumbler should have cleaned them somewhat.
Yeah, that's why I use a universal depriming die. The sides of the dirty cases do not rub against the inside of the die. But it sounds like jebsca deprimes AFTER he cleans them. I want them primer pockets squeaky, shiny clean. So they get deprimed, then cleaned.
I just traded a spare decapping die to somebody here......too bad.
But....but.....squeaky clean primer pockets!
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If they got into a wet tumbler after sizing then they still have the squeaky clean primer pockets...
Makes sense to do it Jebsca's way though, saves one run through the tumbler I guess. I only have a vibratory tumbler thus far so I deprime, tumble, size and trim, tumble to remove sizing lube, then they get primed/loaded or whatnot depending on what I'm loading at the time.