Stainless Steel vs ultra sonic brass cleaner

[jrebel]

Anyone have experience with either or hopefully both of these methods for cleaning brass?  Looking at moving away from dry media and don't know which one is a better option.  I already have a huge rock tumbler that I can use the stainless media with so kind of leaning toward that....but not apposed to the ultrasonic if it is superior.

Pros and Cons for both would be helpful. 

Thanks

Johnny

[carpsniperg2]

I have used both and ss pins are the way to go. If you have a big tumbler all ready that will be cheap to get into and it cleans so well.

[jrebel]

I have used both and ss pins are the way to go. If you have a big tumbler all ready that will be cheap to get into and it cleans so well.

Well, I bought the stainless media and all the goodies to go along with it.  With my walnut media I would polish then deprime and resize.  I am thinking now I need to deprime and resize then tumble, any reccomendations? 

[BULLBLASTER]

I have used both and ss pins are the way to go. If you have a big tumbler all ready that will be cheap to get into and it cleans so well.

Well, I bought the stainless media and all the goodies to go along with it.  With my walnut media I would polish then deprime and resize.  I am thinking now I need to deprime and resize then tumble, any reccomendations?

I use ss media and pop the spent primer out before I tumble. Then after it's done I size it.

[bobcat]

Use both. The ultrasonic cleaner will clean the inside of the cases. No tumbler will do that.

[BULLBLASTER]

Use both. The ultrasonic cleaner will clean the inside of the cases. No tumbler will do that.

The stainless tumbler will.

[Jonathan_S]

Use both. The ultrasonic cleaner will clean the inside of the cases. No tumbler will do that.

Stainless media in a tumbler will clean the inside very well

[bobcat]

I didn't realize the stainless media cleans the inside of the cases. Dang, something else I need to invest in now?   

Might have an ultrasonic cleaner up for sale soon! 

[BULLBLASTER]

I don't know that it does it any better than the ultrasonic since I haven't used ultrasonic. but it cleans Everything  from on and in the brass.

[jrebel]

I am going to tumble my first brass today in the stainless.  I will take before and after.....most of brass is pretty clean already but it will show how well it cleans the primer pocket and inside of the case if I can get pics.  Kind of excited to see how this stuff works. 

[Karl Blanchard]

I am going to tumble my first brass today in the stainless.  I will take before and after.....most of brass is pretty clean already but it will show how well it cleans the primer pocket and inside of the case if I can get pics.  Kind of excited to see how this stuff works.

you will not be disappointed. It's absolutely amazing how well it cleans. They are literally like new.

[BULLBLASTER]

I am going to tumble my first brass today in the stainless.  I will take before and after.....most of brass is pretty clean already but it will show how well it cleans the primer pocket and inside of the case if I can get pics.  Kind of excited to see how this stuff works.

you will not be disappointed. It's absolutely amazing how well it cleans. They are literally like new.

blr sent me a whole bunch of brass to anneal last year so I cleaned it all up and then annealed it. When I gave it back to him he literally thought I lost all his brass and bought him brand new brass. 

[JeffRaines]

Agreed on the stainless pins. It cleans the inside of the brass as well as the primer pockets in most cases. I usually put them on and let them run while I'm at work.

[Karl Blanchard]

I am going to tumble my first brass today in the stainless.  I will take before and after.....most of brass is pretty clean already but it will show how well it cleans the primer pocket and inside of the case if I can get pics.  Kind of excited to see how this stuff works.

you will not be disappointed. It's absolutely amazing how well it cleans. They are literally like new.

blr sent me a whole bunch of brass to anneal last year so I cleaned it all up and then annealed it. When I gave it back to him he literally thought I lost all his brass and bought him brand new brass. 

  truth!  Bullblaster's case prep procedure is second to none!  I copied him step for step.  Except the annealing machine

[Magnum_Willys]

Whatcha runnin for cleaner?  I've heard tblspoon dawn dish soap and tblspoon lemishine then rinse in hot water with scoop of lemishine keeps them shiny for a year ?