[Scorch]

Back in the days before vibratory tumblers, I used to use a rock polisher to clean my brass. Water, soap and tumbling compound would brighten up the brass pretty well. Then it had to be rinsed and dried neck down in loading blocks for at least 24 hours before loading.

Now I have a vibratory case cleaner. When I take the cases out of the tumbler I just rub them between two rags to remove the tumbling compound. No washing needed.

As far as water killing the primers, yes it can cause a few problems, but you are putting very dry powder into the case also, and it may draw the water out of the primers after a bit of time. Biggest problem if you load them would be that the water is still trapped inside a sealed case and ahs nowhere to go, so it sits in there and affects everything in the case. I would decap them and reprime them. After all, it's only a few bucks worth of primers, but if you load the cases, it becomese several dollars of primers, powder and bullets.