Favorite Tumbling Media...?

[hs4570]

Have been useing walnut media for a long time and putting used dryer sheets ripped into 4-5 pieces in with it........they act like dust magnets and just turf em when they get brown.........never tried new ones ...

Before I found cheaper walnut media for years I used the cheapest huge bag of white rice in my vibratory case cleaner.......it worked very well too........and just like walnut you have to clean it out of the primer pockets if you de-prime before tumbling...

once you have brown rice.....turf it and start over.......



hs4570............your mileage may vary

 

[CanAm]

I often deprimed before tmbling however I have never found that any soft media will clean out a primer pocket. Now I deprime after.

 

[zenmagic]

one thing I noticed about the dryer sheet idea is that if you only cut it in half, it seriously impedes the tumbling action. Watch for a couple of minutes and you will see what I mean. I find better results to cut it into 6 smaller pieces.

BTW I'm using a Frankford Arsenal tumbler.

So you guys REALLY pour liquid polisher into the media? Have never done this. Doesn't it get goopy?

 

[zenmagic]

sorry

 

[CanAm]

Pour the polish first, let it run 1/3 hour with no brass to spread the polish, then add brass.

 

[(((Echo)))]

I don't wait to add the polish. If I did wait, it'd probably never get added . I fire it up, see that everything's mixing well and add in a cap of Nu Finish.

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[Slavex]

you only need to add like a teaspoon of polish!

 

[woodchopper]

I don't bother with the polish, I just want clean brass.

I use walnut shells and throw in a small handfull of Absorb-all, that clay stuff, seems to help with the dust.

 

[PoFF]

Try Nu-Finish car wax (more car polish, since it doesn't contain any wax) in your media instead of Rapid Polish or Lyman stuff. It's a polymer based car wax, no petroleum derivatives nor wax, so it doesn't leave a greasy film and it makes the brass blinding shiny.

 

[Chas]

Long grained rice with new polish finish. You can buy it in any grocery store, is dirt cheap and does not dust up (I hate walnut - once had to clean the dust out of 500 38 spl casings....). I just rip up 3 or 4 2x2" squares of shop towel, and throw them in with the casings, and throw them out after every use - keeps the treated rice clean.

 

[joe-nwt]

once had to clean the dust out of 500 38 spl casings....).

Um, Why? Just load em up and shoot!

 

[PoFF]

Um, Why? Just load em up and shoot!

Maybe he's just like me and like his ammo to be 'pimpin shiny', heck I even tumble my TMJs to add to the shine, even if I know they'll splatter on the backplates a split-second later.

 

[Chas]

Didnt think having an 1/8" of dust in the bottom of the shell casing was too condusive to making the shell fire.....

 

[762nato]

Corn cob ground fine sourced from a corp called the Andersons, to a large dillon tumbler I add 3/4 of a cup of mineral spirits and 1/4 cup car wax. Tumble the new media and fixins for about 1/2 and hour prior to adding brass. Dirt gathers around top rim of the tumbler, and can be wiped out, cases look great and lasts a long time. Cob is around $32 a 40 lb bag.