Lemishine for Wet Tumbling in Canada? Or a Substitute?

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I think he is talking about the thumbler tumbler and not the type from Harbor freight.
The thumbler one I looked at was 15lb capacity, $255 and sold out.
The little dual Harbor freight one is 2 - 3lb containers.

The way I am looking at it by my research is if I split it out;
~ 1lb Media
~ 1lb Brass
~ 1lb worth liquid
Per tub, that works out to ~250 9mm brass per side and 500 per dual machine.
For the price of the machine, I get 2 and that give me 1000 9mm brass capacity, More than enough for me and less than half the cost of the thumbler.
 
Emmer said:
I think he is talking about the thumbler tumbler and not the type from Harbor freight.
The thumbler one I looked at was 15lb capacity, $255 and sold out.
The little dual Harbor freight one is 2 - 3lb containers.

The way I am looking at it by my research is if I split it out;
~ 1lb Media
~ 1lb Brass
~ 1lb worth liquid
Per tub, that works out to ~250 9mm brass per side and 500 per dual machine.
For the price of the machine, I get 2 and that give me 1000 9mm brass capacity, More than enough for me and less than half the cost of the thumbler.
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AND you can do multiple caliber cases at the same time without having them slipping into each other like mixing 45ACP with 40SW and 9mm.
 
Emmer said:
I think he is talking about the thumbler tumbler and not the type from Harbor freight.
The thumbler one I looked at was 15lb capacity, $255 and sold out.
The little dual Harbor freight one is 2 - 3lb containers.

The way I am looking at it by my research is if I split it out;
~ 1lb Media
~ 1lb Brass
~ 1lb worth liquid
Per tub, that works out to ~250 9mm brass per side and 500 per dual machine.
For the price of the machine, I get 2 and that give me 1000 9mm brass capacity, More than enough for me and less than half the cost of the thumbler.
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Picked up my "B" model there 4 year's ago and did a lot of the pioneer work with it and SS tumbling.
 
Got my two dual Harbor Freight Tumblers in.

First thing I did was give them a go over;

1: Got rid of the stock belt and used rubber O-rings. I can't say what size they were, but take a belt to a place that has O-rings and match it up.
2: Replaced the clear tube they have over rollers with soft red airline hose, it gives much better traction. I used 3M 77 spray glue to bond them.
3: lubed the bushings with light oil.
4: Light coat of silicone grease on tub seals.

I placed 100 (13.4 oz.) 9mm cases in each tub and 1lb of pins.

I mixed up a solution of 3Qts warm water with 1/2 tsp. of HF Tide cold water laundry detergent and 1/2 tsp. of citric acid (Lemishine, Vanish..Etc..)

I filled each tub up to just over the brass and pins. I made lots of solution due to having a ton of brass to clean.

Sealed them up (don't forget to burp the tubs before sealing) and placed them on the tumbled for 3 hrs.

Here is what they look like side by side to a previously sonic cleaned.

I think it is safe to say, I may have been off on the original quantity of brass I could fit into each tub, but the results speak for themselves. I am happy with 400 ultra clean brass every 3ish hours.

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Don't you just love opening the tumbler and seeing brass that clean? It's like opening a pirate's chest of gold.

Good to see the tumblers are working out for you. Now you will start looking for dirty range brass just to you can tumble it!
 
There used to be brass I would pass up because they looked blackish, next time I am out I am going to look for the nastiest looking piece of brass to give it a go.
 
Bulk Barn in Ontario also sells Cirtric Acid IIRC.
I will also mention that when it comes to the lemi-shine(or citric acid), use sparingly. It's purpose is not to clean. It helps soften the water therefore which allows the dishwashing liquid to be more effective. It also helps with the shine, but if you use too much it will leach out the zinc from the brass and will leave you with a pinkish looking brass which appears to be the case with some of the brass in the photo posted above by Emmer(Some looks bright...some looks pinkish). The brass will still work and you can get it back to normal color, but it is easier to just use the proper amount of citric acid. I use a a 9mm case(not quite filled) of citric acid for about every gallon of water.
 
Looks good. But you should clean the brass before you deprime it. In your new tumbler. It will make your die's last longer.
 
Emmer said:
Brass always gets pre-cleaned before it gets de-primed and sized.
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I use a universal de-capper first then tumble then size. This way you only have to clean once and not damage your dies with grit. Some people will re-tumble to clean off lube and I used to do it that way as well, but no longer do and have no issues.
 
I will add that I do it this way now after switching lubes. I went from the rcbs lube to Lee lube and find that I can use it very sparingly and have no issues whereas with the rcbs, I needed more lube on the inside of the neck. of rifle cartridges. From there I just give case a wipe and I'm good to go.

That being said, you could easily clean, deprime/size and then a quick 20-30 minute tumble to remove lube and clean primer pockets. There is no right or wrong way to do it..it's just a matter of preference.
 
Wired leader said:
I use a universal de-capper first then tumble then size. This way you only have to clean once and not damage your dies with grit. Some people will re-tumble to clean off lube and I used to do it that way as well, but no longer do and have no issues.
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+1 for that. Every cartridge goes through the Lee Universal De-capper and then they go for tumbling. I use cutting oil for my sizing lube and a lube pad. The lube is so light that I don't bother wiping it off.
 
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