Originally Posted By: HookedOk, I cleaned up a bunch of 9mm brass today. I didn`t have any CLR or Lime Away on hand so I used a mixture of 1 tablespoon of oxyclean and half tablespoon of Tide Detergent with ~1/2 gallon of water. This solution worked pretty darn good.I cleaned several small batches(200pcs?) this way, in a semi transparent icecream container and you could see the solution doing its thing. After a couple batches the solution lost it`s effectiveness.
Later in the afternoon the wife made a trip to the store so she grabbed me both CLR & Limeaway-spray. I cleaned one batch with the CLR and it produced the shiniest brass, however some pcs. had a redish color on them, and I`m guessing it was some of the more tarnished/dirty pcs.
Spent a good portion of the day de-primiming and washing, so called it quits; but for sure I will be using this method for the range brass I get. Good way to spend the day considering it`s raining out...got a third of a 5 gal. bucket thats clean enough to load.(like the 1/2 bucket I allready had cleaned wasn`t enough..
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What strength did you mix the CLR?
Did you try the Lime away at all?
The reddish or "rose" color usually does comes from heavy tarnish, especially brass that have laid in the dirt for a rain storm or two.
All in all are you happy with the process?