Is there an effective way to wash a relatively small number of cases by hand? Say a bucket of dish soap and water with a toothbrush? We're talking 10 or 20 cases at a time, so nothing too tedious. Would this be a much worse idea than I'm guessing? Any major pitfalls to consider? Will it remove all the contaminants that I need to remove for safe and effective operation? I don't really care whether the brass gets all shiny or not. So long as it's safe and shoots straight. 
Once I have things sorted out space-wise, I'll be getting a tumbler or sonic cleaner of some kind. And until then I can probably beg or borrow a friend's equipment for my high volume stuff like .45 and .223. So that will work.
But most days I only really shoot 20 rounds or so of the .308, so I can take my time and really practice productively. Feels like that would be a good match for the hand press when it arrives, but it would also be nice to do my own case prep on small volume loads so I'm not entirely reliant on the kindness of others.
Once I have things sorted out space-wise, I'll be getting a tumbler or sonic cleaner of some kind. And until then I can probably beg or borrow a friend's equipment for my high volume stuff like .45 and .223. So that will work.
But most days I only really shoot 20 rounds or so of the .308, so I can take my time and really practice productively. Feels like that would be a good match for the hand press when it arrives, but it would also be nice to do my own case prep on small volume loads so I'm not entirely reliant on the kindness of others.