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mpjustin

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is there a way to clean and reuse my walnut media or am I just better to buy new stuff? also any tips in ontario on were I can buy a big bag for cheep?

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Justin
 
Any pet store, I bought a big bag of walnut from Pet Crazy in Cambridge. Cost like $7.

I am not sure though if the rejuvenator will work on walnut, but it might be worth a try.
 
the pet store stuff I looked at looked like it was to big and might get stuck in cases. I might have to look at some other pet stores.
 
At the pet store look for lizard litter it is made from ground english walnut. If you have a company that supplies sand blasting material I have found 40# bags of fine corn cob for $25 and ground walnut for $35.
 
albsch said:
At the pet store look for lizard litter it is made from ground english walnut. If you have a company that supplies sand blasting material I have found 40# bags of fine corn cob for $25 and ground walnut for $35.
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anybody know of any place like this in southern ontario (sandblasting places)

or a place that will ship it?
 
Go to Yellow pages... The old paper version or online.

Look up "Abrasives" or "Industrial Supply"

I buy crushed English Walnut in a 50lb bag for $30

I know it's English 'cause of is accent...
 
mpjustin said:
anybody know of any place like this in southern ontario (sandblasting places)

or a place that will ship it?
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CanaBlast, Vibra Finish, Ritchie supply...all in the GTA.
They specialize in sandblasting and abrasives, and have/had the contract for the Royal Canadian Mint...so yeah
 
667 said:
Go to Yellow pages... The old paper version or online.

Look up "Abrasives" or "Industrial Supply"

I buy crushed English Walnut in a 50lb bag for $30

I know it's English 'cause of is accent...
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I would of thought its because the english walnut is much more arrogant than the standard walnut :D
 
i bought walnut for cleaning its pretty fine {about the size of course brown sugar }, im not impressed with it because of all the dust plus it realy didnt polish that well compared to the corn cob from the pet store , corn cob seems to be more abrasive ? for polishing ,
 
The 12-20 cut is what you want if you buy in bulk. (This is the same as what the lizard litter is as well as the suff that RCBS, Lyman and others sell.)

I bought the 40-60 and it is like fine sand. It turns to dust in 2 uses. Absolutely useless.
 
I used crushed walnut only, dusty it is but turning on your shop vac while separating takes care of that, as for polish put in some perk metal polish cases come out like new. I get my walnut from an industrial supply outlet in Thunder Bay, 50 lb. bag $15.00.
 
Walnut is more aggressive that corn cob.

Both can be dusty when they are dry.

Corn cob is fairly absorbent, it can soak up a fair bit of liquid (oil, moisture, or solvent) or grunge.

I find that corncob, with a couple of tablespoons of Varsol, to be quite effective (it shouldn't be anywhere near visibly damp or clumping). Not only does it control the dust of the corncob itself, but it will also dissolve case lube and then wick it into the corncob, and it also wets and clumps any other dusts too.

If you are at an industrial abrasives place, choose a grade that is fine enough to not get stuck in flash holes; the corncob that I bought years ago seems almost perfectly sized to lodge a single piece in most of the flash holes. It's easy enough to poke out, but it would be nice if this didn't happen so much.
 
enfield p said:
i bought walnut for cleaning its pretty fine {about the size of course brown sugar }, im not impressed with it because of all the dust plus it realy didnt polish that well compared to the corn cob from the pet store , corn cob seems to be more abrasive ? for polishing ,
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The 10-20 cut that CyaN1de sounds right from memory. I just take a small sample with me and let them match it up. I don't have a problem with it getting in the flash hole as I deprime after I clean it up. I mix the cob and walnut at about a 50/50 mix. The walnut cleans better than cob and the cob polishs the brass. I add a cap full of Nu Finish car polish in about every 3 batches and all brass comes out clean and shiney. Mineral Spirits can also be added, about a tablespoon full, and this helps clean up the real dirty stuff.
 
Onagoth said:
I'm still waiting to try that one out, but the Brasso is producing some pretty stellar results in my 50/50 mix (walnut/corn cob)
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I would not recomend using Brasso to polish brass. Brasso has ammonia in it and it will cause the brass to weaken.
 
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