How to get brass super shiney

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Hello all I'm thinking of going to stainless pin for walnut media, my brass seems to be dull as anything, and gritty, I add some nufinish and it doesn't help, any advice?
 
What media are you using? Walnut cleans better but corncob polishes better. I also used brasso in my corncob media to get it nice and shiny. I have long since moved to stainless though.
 
I've tried treated and UN treated, composted the worn media, but the untreated walnut media is what I have now with nufinish and I've tried a metal cleaner from home hardware, it worked on our silver and brass so I tried a 5 Oz squirt in the mix, it came out dull as anything lol, I think I'll invest in the wet tumbling with stainless lol
 
Hornady ultrasonic cleaner & solution, Lyman walnut (rouge), Cabelas polish (or equivalent).

Ultrasonic clean for ~20 min, rinse with hot water and let dry for a couple of days. I use an old ammo box with a towel. An afternoon in the hot sun is best.

Polish for 2-6 hours in tumbler with walnut. Eventually all the fine dust will be out of the media and you won't contaminate it this way. The media will last forever - just add a tablespoon of polish each load.
 
jmichelin84 said:
I've tried treated and UN treated, composted the worn media, but the untreated walnut media is what I have now with nufinish and I've tried a metal cleaner from home hardware, it worked on our silver and brass so I tried a 5 Oz squirt in the mix, it came out dull as anything lol, I think I'll invest in the wet tumbling with stainless lol
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A 5oz squirt is wayyyy too much polish. It's a small amount once in a while when the media starts loosing its effectiveness. That's probably why you're getting such a dull finish.
 
Before tumbling overnight in Brasso treated walnut-big bag of blasting media from Princess Auto (a little too fine and dusty)


This is after. It's still a little dusty.
 
I've heard of folks using a shell holder mounted to a drill and polishing with Flitz metal polish. Although I am OCD about most things, especially gun related...I've never actually tried it.
 
I use common corn cob media. To get a really good polish I smear some FLITZ polish on the inside of
the bowl , near the top . Quantity is about the size of 1-2 peeps . I used , Brazzo added to media
4 years but it takes longer to mix . Totally sold on a smear of Fritz ,,,,,, easy & effective .
 
freezer filler said:
I've heard of folks using a shell holder mounted to a drill and polishing with Flitz metal polish. Although I am OCD about most things, especially gun related...I've never actually tried it.
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This is a good way to get brass nice and shiney, but time consuming.
I use fine steel wool or a worn down pot scrubber pad.
And I do this with loaded ammo.
Get the bullet slickery so it parts the hair better when entering the hide........oar so I'm told.........:nest:
 
I might try cob media, the drill and a scouring pad I've done that for some Federal ammo that was dated 2005, bought it last year and it was green from the lead to the to the shoulder
 
I went from dry tumbling with walnut media to wet tumbling with stainless steel media. I did this because of getting more firearms that throw perfectly good brass away that lands on the ground. Meaning I was getting dirt and grit embedded in my dies that scratched my cases. And wet tumbling in my opinion removed the embedded dirt and grit from the cases before sizing much better.

If you just have revolvers and bolt actions this is not a big issue because your brass doesn't bounce all over the ground at the range.
 
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