I was given a partial band of belted 30-06 blanks. they were in a bucket that held water at one time. Condition varies from poor to bad but still cool IMO. Anyway, I would like to clean them up a bit. I can probably use soap, water and a stiff nylon brush to get them good enough for my eye. Can I do a little better with something light acidic like citric acid solution?
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Cleaning old blanks
- Thread starter BoogieMan
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Wifes uncle had a string about 10' long stored in a bucket in leaky garage. Bucket filled part way and they corroded bad enough that the link broke. I ended up with a piece about 18" long. This guy has lots of antiques rotting away in his outbuildings and he wont part with them for anything near reasonable numbers. I did manage to get a nice enfield from him that I posted pics of before, but that was only because he wanted something I had.Don't immerse the cases, though as that will ruin the seal and deaden the rounds.
Anyway, my point was that they have been immersed for many years in a bucket. I cant hurt them at this point.
bedbugbilly
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I take it your end goal is to make them prettier for display?
Go to this link and check it out. It's worth a try. It's a method of cleaning brass casings utilizing "citric acid" and hot water. Read the posts.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?83572-Citric-acid-brass-cleaner
I reload but am not hung up on bright pretty brass. I don't have a tumbler or a sonic cleaner - perhaps some day?
My wife just picked me up a bottle of citric acid at the local grocery store - look in the "canning supply" section if they have one. It comes in a dry powder form. I think the bottle cost around $3.00 and there is enough in that to do many, many buckets of water/citric acid cleaning solution.
Brssso and such would probably work but it would be tedious hand work - if you could dump them in a buck of citric acid solution and let it do the job - then rinse well and dry - it'd be a lot easier. After dry, perhaps take a rag and wipe 'em down with son Nu-Shine to keep them shiny longer. If you had access to a tumbler - perhaps a citric acid bath first if they are really cursed up and then tumble and shine them.
Go to this link and check it out. It's worth a try. It's a method of cleaning brass casings utilizing "citric acid" and hot water. Read the posts.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?83572-Citric-acid-brass-cleaner
I reload but am not hung up on bright pretty brass. I don't have a tumbler or a sonic cleaner - perhaps some day?
My wife just picked me up a bottle of citric acid at the local grocery store - look in the "canning supply" section if they have one. It comes in a dry powder form. I think the bottle cost around $3.00 and there is enough in that to do many, many buckets of water/citric acid cleaning solution.
Brssso and such would probably work but it would be tedious hand work - if you could dump them in a buck of citric acid solution and let it do the job - then rinse well and dry - it'd be a lot easier. After dry, perhaps take a rag and wipe 'em down with son Nu-Shine to keep them shiny longer. If you had access to a tumbler - perhaps a citric acid bath first if they are really cursed up and then tumble and shine them.