First time tumbling brass....

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How do you guys dry your brass after its done tumbling?

I've been dumping mine out on a cookie sheet and setting the oven to like 150 or so and putting them in there for 10-15 mins.
 

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I have been using the lemishine but the brass dosent stay looking nice for very long it seems.

it comes out of the tumbler looking like brand new factory Brass then when I take it out a few days later to load up it’s much darker than before.

I've heard some guys use auto polish or something similar in the mix, to help keep the shine and stop them from oxidizing and developing that tarnished look.

I've not done it personally as I'm not taking my brass to super shiny, just clean and a bright matt finish. They dont oxidize when I take them out.
 

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WKR
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How do you guys dry your brass after its done tumbling?

I've been dumping mine out on a cookie sheet and setting the oven to like 150 or so and putting them in there for 10-15 mins.

Oven. Or I have a drying rack that looks like a bed of plastic nails that I can stand them all up in, and then they dry out over night (left over bottle drying rack from the babies)
 
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