Best Wet Tumbling Brass Cleaning Solution?

[9mm guy]

For those wet tumblers out there, what cleaning solutions do you use? I use the Frankford Arsenal Brass Cleaning Solution with some mixed results. I know many of you use Lemi-Shine and Dawn dish washing soap recipe; I just found that such recipe does not give the brass that new shine that I am looking for. Are there other such cleaning solutions that others have found works well? I see things like the Lyman solution but that may be only for ultrasonic cleaning. Thanks for all your answers.

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[DizzyJ]

I've had great results with the Frankford packets. So much so that I bought a bunch more plus their bottle of liquid cleaning soln.

 

[Member 5605]

Pffff

1oz Armor All car soap with some LemiShine. The shine will last for a very, very long time. Rinse in cold water as to not remove the wax.

Leaves a caranuba was fil that preserves it and makes pistol cases run slick years later.

 

[jordanka16]

I use dawn and citric acid that I buy in 5lb bags on Amazon, makes my cases look new. Maybe try a different amount of ingredients if it doesnt work as well for you?

 

[Crohnos01]

I use dawn and citric acid that I buy in 5lb bags on Amazon, makes my cases look new. Maybe try a different amount of ingredients if it doesnt work as well for you?

Good advice. I know I was too aggressive with the lemishine (aka citric acid) initially and it actually dulled the brass. Just a pinch goes a long ways.

 

[Member 38805]

I've never worried about shiny brass. All I care about is clean brass. I use Dawn and Lemi-SHine in my wet rotary tumbler, and of course deprime the brass first. Once it's clean I use my rotary sifter to separate the water, and lay them out on a towel to dry.