Lyman tufnut media
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blaser.306
CGN Regular
- Location
- Saskatoon , Sask
A quick run thru "cob" media fixes it right up . Also tear a dryer sheet up and throw it in with the walnut media when tumbling , helps to catch some of the extra red dust and keep it off of your floor !
Using it today for the 1st time.
Bought 3 pounds of it yesterday. Filled up the tumbler and let her rip. After 60 minutes the brass was clean but "dusty".
Let it run for 3 hours and the brass is polished nicely, and the dust is much, much less. The casings almost feel lubed.
"Liking this product more now!"
Made the mistake of depriming before cleaning. I will have to find a way to clean the flash holes, since most are plugged.
Anyone care to offer up ideas on this??
Bought 3 pounds of it yesterday. Filled up the tumbler and let her rip. After 60 minutes the brass was clean but "dusty".
Let it run for 3 hours and the brass is polished nicely, and the dust is much, much less. The casings almost feel lubed.
"Liking this product more now!"
Made the mistake of depriming before cleaning. I will have to find a way to clean the flash holes, since most are plugged.
Anyone care to offer up ideas on this??
I've used a small finishing nail to clean plugged flash holes before. It's a bit of a pain in the A$$, but it works.
I also have to clean the red dust off my cases tumbled in Lyman walnut media.
Beware the red dust most certainly contains lead residue from primer compounds, and you could be inhaling it. Make sure you wash you hands after touching it too.
As the media gets older it seems to get dryer and has more pices ground into dust, eventually this will cover everything you own near the tumber. The media isnt worn out, you just need to get the dust out if you want to keep it, washing to pouring while letting the dust blow away all work.
After buying a second used tumbler that appears to have corn media in it I have just been using it lately, or a Lee Zip Trim with steel wool.
Beware the red dust most certainly contains lead residue from primer compounds, and you could be inhaling it. Make sure you wash you hands after touching it too.
As the media gets older it seems to get dryer and has more pices ground into dust, eventually this will cover everything you own near the tumber. The media isnt worn out, you just need to get the dust out if you want to keep it, washing to pouring while letting the dust blow away all work.
After buying a second used tumbler that appears to have corn media in it I have just been using it lately, or a Lee Zip Trim with steel wool.
ginseng503
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- N. Ontario
I wish I knew that before I bought the walnut media. I am 5 hours and $100 away from the "cob media" store, sheesh.
- Location
- WMU247 near Edmonton
I have an old firing pin form a MG that I found in my kit years ago that I use, its exactly the same size as the flash holes and its also good for those holes that are just a little on the small size.
But any small punch would work just as good.
