Tumbling brass Q

[peddler]

I have a Lortone 45c rotary rock tumbler and I'm thinking that this would work well for tumbling brass. I just need a bit of help on what to use re a liquid (?) for this process. A search brought up Nu-Finish. Is this stuff OK or is there something else that others use that would work better?

Thankin' ya

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I have a Lortone 45c rotary rock tumbler and I'm thinking that this would work well for tumbling brass. I just need a bit of help on what to use re a liquid (?) for this process. A search brought up Nu-Finish. Is this stuff OK or is there something else that others use that would work better?

Thankin' ya

I'm not familiar with your tumbler but if it works well as a rock tumbler it should be okay for brass. I have an RCBS Sidewinder that can use either a dry media like crushed walnut shells or can also handle a liquid chemical solution. For the most part I just use the dry walnut shell media but if the cleaning polishing job is a little tougher, I'll add a couple of tablespoons of Brasso. For the really corroded stuff, if it's just a few bad cases, I'll clean them individually using Brasso before tumbling a batch. The last thing is I tumble in a mixture of walnut shell media with polish added.

 

[blacksmithden]

Crushed walnut with a small amount of NuFinish car polish added.

 

[peddler]

Ok, thank you. The crushed walnut, is that like a very fine sand blasting abrasive? Is it available pretty well everywhere?

Thanks,
Paul

 

[B-lever]

Tumbling brass

Crushed walnut for tumbling ammo brass would be found at places that sell guns and ammo. Wholesale Sports would be one.

 

[HKMark23]

I've got a Thumler's rock tumbler. They work great but forget about 2,3,4 hrs. Let her run all night.

 

[Bassmaster]

Tumbling media

I bought my crushed walnut at a pet supply store....twice as much for half the price than the gun stores....it's called 'reptile bedding'....add a cap of nu-finish polish and yer good to go
Bass

 

[peddler]

Thanks all!