Brass Shining Made Easy!

[Josh Smith]

Hello,

I was playing with different methods of shining brass.

Wet tumbling, I used 2 cups water and added one tablespoon lime juice.

This is the result:

I hope this helps someone!

Regards,

Josh

 

[badbrass]

Lime juice? what make?

 

[Josh Smith]

Lime juice? what make?

I don't recall. Don't think I even looked. It was in a green bottle

I doubt the brand matters. It's the citric acid that does the polishing.

Regards,

Josh

 

[legi0n]

do they shoot any better than half dirty cases?

 

[Rstjean]

do they shoot any better than half dirty cases?

Shiny always shoots better just like cars with racing stripes are always faster.

 

[JR Hartman]

it looks nicer, and pride is one of the reasons we reload

I would say its easier to find defects in the brass if its really clean. cracks and other things will stand out like sore thumbs

 

[mustang_5l]

I use Lemishine. Works just as good and cheaper than lime juice. Smells nice and citrus - y too
Available at your local CND Tire.

 

[bertn]

I use Lemishine. Works just as good and cheaper than lime juice. Smells nice and citrus - y too
Available at your local CND Tire.

Are you sure it's cheaper? Probably not much.
How many ml. do you use?

The Delphi lemon juice I have is about $1.50 for 675 ml.
vs lemishine at CT $ 4.50 for 350 ml.
So for $4.50 you can get 2025 ml lemon juice, about 5.8 times as much.

In terms of cost; 1 tablespoon/15ml lemon juice equals about 2.6 ml lemishine.

 

[Blastattack]

Just get some acetic acid. It's the acid in both lemishine and lime juice.

 

[hoochie]

Are you sure it's cheaper? Probably not much.
How many ml. do you use?

The Delphi lemon juice I have is about $1.50 for 675 ml.
vs lemishine at CT $ 4.50 for 350 ml.
So for $4.50 you can get 2025 ml lemon juice, about 5.8 times as much.

In terms of cost; 1 tablespoon/15ml lemon juice equals about 2.6 ml lemishine.

WTF....is this a cooking class?

 

[SoylentD]

10lbs of citric acid shipped on amazon.ca is $47. Lifetime supply in most cases.
It drops down to $43 shipped every so often.

Lots of wet tumbling threads here.

 

[trebor2880]

WTF....is this a cooking class?

 

[tiriaq]

Acetic acid is what is found in vinegar.

 

[Polar_Hunter]

I use Lemishine. Works just as good and cheaper than lime juice. Smells nice and citrus - y too
Available at your local CND Tire.

It isn't available at any CTC close to me so I use Realemon, it works very well. I would find the Lemishine a lot more handy than running upstairs to the refrigerator.

 

[Boolitcaster]

I get the same results with lemon juice.
They are right. It is the acid.

 

[weasel1]

Citric acid is also available through diy wine places.

 

[Blastattack]

Acetic acid is what is found in vinegar.

Citric acid is also available through diy wine places.

That's what I meant. CITRIC acid. Not vinegar. Oops.

 

[luckey]

you only need less than a pinch of lemishine each time. so by your own math, the juice is more expensive already which is just common sense. Is there ever any natural product is cheaper than the same thing that is purely chemical?
I got my bottle of leminshine more than 2 years ago, now only used it less than 1/4. I shoot and load about 10K a year.

Are you sure it's cheaper? Probably not much.
How many ml. do you use?

The Delphi lemon juice I have is about $1.50 for 675 ml.
vs lemishine at CT $ 4.50 for 350 ml.
So for $4.50 you can get 2025 ml lemon juice, about 5.8 times as much.

In terms of cost; 1 tablespoon/15ml lemon juice equals about 2.6 ml lemishine.

 

[luckey]

walmart big jar white vinegar works too.

That's what I meant. CITRIC acid. Not vinegar. Oops.

 

[G-Man_Quagmire]

Better watch it. Makers of lime juice will print a new label that says lime juice for gun brass cleaning and charge 20x the price.