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 Learned a good lesson tonight
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08/20/14 03:32 AM
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Long and short of it...
Used Dawn dish soap from the dollar store that was non-concentrated and non-chlorine soap in my Thumbler Tumbler with stainless steel pins and Lemi-Shine. I had a black film on all my brass after an hour and a half of tumbling.
Turned out it was the cheap soap that wasn't breaking down the gunpowder residue. Had to clean by hand about 100 30-30 Win. brass with Fast Orange. It worked. Lesson learned. Don't use cheap soap.
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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08/20/14 03:47 AM
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That's a new one on me. I checked two bottles and both just say Dawn ultra... one bottle was in the garage by the Tumbler and is about empty and I have had no issues.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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08/21/14 02:03 AM
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The ultra Dawn is great stuff. This was Dawn Simply Clean. Stuff isn't worth a hoot.
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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08/26/14 11:33 PM
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colt45-90
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Long and short of it...
Used Dawn dish soap from the dollar store that was non-concentrated and non-chlorine soap in my Thumbler Tumbler with stainless steel pins and Lemi-Shine. I had a black film on all my brass after an hour and a half of tumbling.
Turned out it was the cheap soap that wasn't breaking down the gunpowder residue. Had to clean by hand about 100 30-30 Win. brass with Fast Orange. It worked. Lesson learned. Don't use cheap soap. or you could run it through the process again with better soap
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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08/27/14 02:39 AM
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That night it was just easier to do it than go out to the store.
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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09/05/14 11:32 PM
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I tried the vinegar, dish soap an Lemishine last night on some badly tarnished bras...came out great. I need to get a wet tumbler.
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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09/06/14 01:45 PM
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I lot of dollar stores carry counterfeit name brands.
I suspect Dawn from the grocery store may have worked.
Upon us all, upon us all, a little rain must fall
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Re: Learned a good lesson tonight
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09/06/14 10:32 PM
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I lot of dollar stores carry counterfeit name brands.
I suspect Dawn from the grocery store may have worked. How so?
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