Least dusty tumbling media.

HI. I have used corn, walnut, jeweler rouge,-very clean but dusty dirty. Now use lizard bedding, add various things. But of course wet is the most dust free.
I tumble clean before I do anything with fired cases.
 
sharp shooter said:
Our local Princess Auto didn't have any corn cob media. What would be the difference in the two?
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I mix the two ingredients together to conduct cleaning and polishing at the same time. Hence, walnut cleans while corn cob polishes. I'm also one of those guys who removes the granules from the flash hole with a dentist pic. I find it counter-productive to resize after cleaning and polishing.
 
VICIOUS said:
FLASH HOLES? are you guys depriming and resizing your brass BEFORE you clean the brass??
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Lots of people deprime before cleaning, to clean the primer pockets.

For the most part I think it just makes people feel good as there is limited benefit to cleaning primer pockets. As long as the flash hole is clear, the primer will ignite the powder. The only time cleaning primer pockets really makes sense is for low volume, precision ammunition where you are removing all variables including uniforming primer pockets.

If you are wet tumbling removing the primer can make some sense as it is possible for the primer to get locked into the pocket so the primer doesn't fully pop out and it leaves a ring inside the pocket. Drying the brass after wet cleaning will prevent this though. And it's not a huge problem, only a few primers get stuck.

Basically decapping prior to cleaning is up to the individual. I only do it in a few circumstances. But it doesn't hurt, just takes extra time. Depending on the volume you are loading for it may be a complete waste of time.
 
I deprime before cleaning with walnut and then run through through the sizer when done. Is the concern about sizing before cleaning got to do with cleaning might alter the size of the neck? Or dirt damaging the dies? For years I only wiped down my rifle cases and my pistol just got sized the way they came out of the reviolver so usually no sand or stuff. Then I got a vibratory and a big bag of walnut blaster media from TSC and it will be a lifetime supply.
 
Sizing then cleaning leaves carbon on the cases that is harder then the die and may, will scratch the die and the die will scratch the following brass cases, shorting the case reload life as well as ruining the die in time.
Therefore I always clean first then resize-deprime.
 
bertn said:
stainless steel pins in a wet tumbler :)

Seriously actually.
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I used crushed walnut for 10 years in a rock tumbler, and swore I would never switch to stainless.

I tried wet stainless and lemishine/dawn in the same tumbler 3 months ago. WOW. It is the only way.
 
Corn cob is probably the cheapest. The first cleaning session is the dustiest. NuFinish polish works great as a polisher & it sticks to the corn cob & eventually attracts powder fouling. Here’s a tip: wear a mask when case separation takes place. Even outdoors as the winds shifts & can blow the dust in your face.
 
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