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So, last night I tried the addition of some brasso in the corncob media, after a couple hours of tumbling, I found that there wasn't a significant difference than when I wasn't using it.

The brass was still dull, and I added quite a bit of brass, maybe like 1/3 of the container.

Anyone else have experience with this?
 
Brasso works if you polish your brass by hand one case a a time.
do yourself a favor, and buy some polish designed for tumbler use.
I myself use "Hornady one shot".
shake bottle well, put a few table spoons into a clean fresh supply of media, tumble for
5 miuntes or so, then dump your brass cases in and tumble for 2 to 4 hours depending on how good your tumbler is, to the required results you want.
after @ 4 hours, you almost require sunglass's.
I am sure they are clean good enough for die use well before the gleaming stage,
but I like my brass to gleam when done, but thats me.
My tumbler is a Dillon.
Most other brands work as well.
 
NuFinish in the orange bottle will do the trick, and do it in a hurry! I put one third of the bottle in two pounds of Lizard Litter walnut hulls. One hour is clean. Two hours and the cases are far shinier than new.

Be sure to run it for at least ten minutes without any brass the first time, to get it evenly distributed in the media.

Ted
 
WEll, I may have been a bit rash, not wanting to give up on my $4 bottle of brasso, I decided to run the tumbler for another hour or so.

After that, I quickly polished each case with a shop towel and they were brighter than ever. Its kinda nice, but if it can be avoided I dont want to have to polish each case, even if it only takes a second.

I'll keep the walnut hulls and nufinish in mind.
 
I use "Flitz tumbler media polish" its the only one my local g-store stocks. I have a Lyman 1200, I put 500 9mm brass in there with crushed walnut shells and the "flitz"... come back in an hour (min) or 2 (max) and brass is SHINEY!!!

I love it when a good plan comes together!! :D
 
i found that my walnut media was not working as well as it used to. i was going to throw it out, i figured i would try brasso, i had nothing to lose. so i added 2 TBLSP. of brasso. i ran the tumbler for 30 min. with the top off. loaded it with brass that was verey dirty. i was amased at how clean and shiny the brass was after 2 hrs. of tumbling. it still works great after 6 loads of brass.
 
ruger 77 said:
i found that my walnut media was not working as well as it used to. i was going to throw it out, i figured i would try brasso, i had nothing to lose. so i added 2 TBLSP. of brasso. i ran the tumbler for 30 min. with the top off. loaded it with brass that was verey dirty. i was amased at how clean and shiny the brass was after 2 hrs. of tumbling. it still works great after 6 loads of brass.
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Same here. Can't remember where I first heard it but I thought I'd try it and it works. Another benefit to adding a few tablespoons of Brasso is it also cuts down on the residual dust.:)
 
I have easily polished over a million casings with a lapidary and vibratory tumbler over the last 30 years much of it with Brasso. Brasso if used in the right amounts will polish the brass very well except for one thing that I didn't consider at the time..it contains ammonia and this is detrimental to the life of your brass. It may never happen but all you need is one weakend case that has been exposed to Brasso for a length of time and you make get a case failure at the worst time. Stick with commercial polishing agents intended for brass shell casings (there are several and all seem to work well for me) we sell several types. One of the big factors in not only getting your brass clean but bright as well. It takes a little experimenting with the amount of media, number of casings and the amount of polishing agents you use. Most of my polishing takes about three hours and the brass comes out very bright. I prefer Lyman treated corncob as I find it lasts the longest and is easy to recharge. Phil.
 
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I use what Lyman says to. And not a big deal If the outside of the case is shiny, the inside is what I look at, If its clean .
If your real picky , and need to load super shiny ammo, take some never dull to the ammo and polish the bullet and brass, and primer:D:cheers:
 
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