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Old June 23, 2012, 12:27 PM   #16
DarthNul
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Tdawe, I use tap water exclusively for cleaning and rinsing and I don't get any splotches.

The citric acid solution is good but kind of expensive unless you buy in bulk and I haven't found a good source for that, nor do I want to buy five to ten years worth of cleaner at a time.

I found a good alternative using CLR ("Calcium Lime Rust" cleaner in the silver bottle), diluted 50:1 with hot water, then add a few drops of laundry detergent per batch. A lot of people use Dawn dish washing soap but I find the laundry stuff foams up less. 4 cycles of 8 minutes does the job. It does a little better on the primer pockets compared to the Hornady solution, which usually needed 5 cycles.

Using too high of concentration of CLR or leaving the brass in too long can result in pink areas on your brass. The same thing can happen with citric acid but it takes longer.
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