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Air fried? You bet your brass!

Posted: 27 Apr 2020 16:23
by Shooterrick2020
First a disclaimer. Guys please do not put lead containing brass in your wife's favorite air fryer. Both you and your brass will be in trouble. The airfryer I used was retired and fell out of favor to a Ninja foodi which is a lot more versatile for cooking and was just taking up cabinet space.

This may take two posts to get the pics in. Simply explained after ultrasonic cleaning in a Hornady 1.2 liter ultrasonic cleaner which took three Cycles the brass was towel-dried inspected and placed into my old Air fryer. Some air fryers have a dehydration setting mine does not but it has a warming setting with a default temperature of 155 degree Fahrenheit with time control from 0 to 24 hours. I don't know anyone who would ever want to eat food that have been kept warm for 24 hours but that's what it is. After placing the brass in the airfryer I set the timer for 1 hour. Frankly I think it would have probably been fine to take it out in 30 to 40 minutes. At 155 degrees Fahrenheit cool down afterwards is just a couple of minutes.

You will be able to see from the pics that 100 pieces a 38 special fit easily in one layer. If needed I could have put a layer underneath and a layer over the top with additional pans and would easily hold I'm guessing 400 38 special cases. . I was completely satisfied with the results.

I now have more room in my kitchen cabinet and the air fryer has found a place in my reloading area to store.

Re: Air fried? You bet your brass!

Posted: 27 Apr 2020 16:27
by Shooterrick2020
Part 2.
On edit as a side note I use distilled water Dawn and lemi shine and the ultrasonic and I warmed up the solution first a little bit in the microwave just to make sure it was deoxygenated

Re: Air fried? You bet your brass!

Posted: 27 Apr 2020 16:33
by Shooterrick2020
Just a few more pics of the air fryer

Re: Air fried? You bet your brass!

Posted: 28 Apr 2020 06:40
by Macd
My cleaner solution is hot water, citric acid and Mean Green in the ultrasonic cleaner. The same mixture does a great job on rust. I have read, but not tried, that the same solution in a pot brought to boil also works. I may give it a try with some scrap cases from the range.