Case cleaning

[Dunkield]

As I am bit lazy, I normally post off my cases to someone who has a tumbler and they send them back done, nice and easy.

As he is away at the moment, I thought I would try doing them myself investing the same, or preferably even less effort.

 

Vinegar seemed to do the job, but using it neat was a bit dodgy as my test case (get it) started to go blue when I left it out to dry too long.

I got me some Tesco's 'value' vinegar and watered it down 50/50 with water - chucked 50 cases into an old ice cream tub, shook them up a bit, and left them for half an hour.

 

Quick wipe down with a cloth and heh presto, almost as good as new.

 

The tarnished ones could have been up to 3-4 years old and would have been in my pocket on few very wet Scottish stalking trips, so hardly surprising it didn't remove those marks.

 

Anyway, worth a try, I would imagine Cilit Bang would do it even better :blink:

 

 

[Oly]

Not a technique I've read about. You sure the acidic nature of the vinegar residue won't react with anything it shouldn't??

[Dunkield]

The solution was diluted and any deposit was dried off so I doubt it very much.

 

I haven't invented the wheel here, people who know far more about this than us have tried if before:

 

http://www.6mmbr.com/ultrasonic.html

 

I think I will try the dishwasher next though :blink:

[deadeye ive]

Stuart

 

did you dry the inside's with a hair dryer ?............looks a good tip :blink:

[Oly]

Let us know how you go on with them :blink:

[v-max]

Hello a tumbler is good as it also clean's internalie to stop contamination of the powder or dirt etc but your case's look good.Best thing i bought was a lyman turbo of ebay £30 good for die's/rifle & accuracy kind of but give's it a better start.

[henry d]

Did you try the neutralizer ??

[Dunkield]

No just good old ***** sarsons (tesco value) and then rinsed them out.

I stuck some in the oven when it was cooling down just to dry them out.

 

As for the tumbler, I know they get them clean but believe me these are cleaner on the inside at least, I chopped one in half a while back I will dig out the picture (I am not convinced they need to be that clean BTW but just as a comparison)

 

EDIT:

 

Here it is, found it again, this is a 6.5 case cleaned with vinegar and a wipe round with a cotton bud

 

[MC]

It hardly seems worth cleaning that case Stuart, you will need to solder it back together

[Dunkield]

Ahh yes but it needs less flux this way

 

Anyway, get the pictures of your new gun up on here (if you haven't already)

 

I hope it isn't that RPA with the bent barrel in Fultons that everyone has been talking about

[MC]

I specifically asked for a bent barrelled one because it would suit my shooting style