Which tumbler media do you like best?

Favorite Tumbler media

  • Walnut

    Votes: 44 52.4%

  • Corn Cob

    Votes: 34 40.5%

  • Other - please explain in thread

    Votes: 6 7.1%
  • Total voters
    84
  • Poll closed .
I am interested too. I only have corn cob right now. Works well if I leave them in there for about 6-8 hours. I havent tried anything else yet as I just got my tumbler a week ago.
 
Green treated cob from Lyman, kick-ass. Tried the reddish walnut from them and it works fine but takes a bit longer. You can save a tiny bit o' dough buying bagged cob from pet-stores but the Lyman works great and the jug is nice.
 
Crushed English walnut from an industrial abrasives supply house.. One 50lb bag I paid $30 for has lasted 3-4 years already and I still have about 1/3 of it left.
 
Crushed walnut contains oils, like most nuts. I prefer corncob and it's better if you add some powdered jewllers rouge.
 
204saskman said:
I just started to use a tumbler and i thing the corn cob does a fine job, just takes time.
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i found when i started reloading the same thing, but now i know better. befor i wasnt adding NuFinish for every batch of brass, and now i do and its great after about 2.5 hours. then after i press my rounds i put them in for another 30 min gets rid of all the lub and stuff.

i would like to try the walnut but i dont think it would be wise since i'm allergic to walnuts and peanuts:rockOn:
 
A tip I picked up on here is to add 1 or 2 tablespoons of varsol to the corn cob. That seems to really freshen up the media when its getting a little tired.
I mix it in with a few drops of one shot and it cleans the brass up pretty quickly.
 
Throw one of the wife's (?) dryer sheets in with your polishing media. It'll pick up the residue and can be thrown away. Keeps your brass soft and smelling nice too!
 
My father in law works at Firestone, in Woodstock where they also have a caprilactum extrusion plant as well. Anyways, he provided me with some plastic pellets that I didn't have any luck with at all, and the static was insane. Those damn little pellets would stick to anything after tumbling around.
 
I use corn cob, a tea spoon of Pert shampoo and 2 pieces of silk panties about 1" x 2".



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It really does work best for my handgun brass.
 
I use Lyman Treated Walnut to get the larger crud \ residue off (about an hour, no more than two), then 30-60 min in a much finer walnut to bring the luster up and remove any residue. Using small amount of PeeK paste polish from time to time to keep the fine walnut charged, the Lyman stuff keeps it charge pretty good.

And occasionally cut up a Bounce dryer sheet and put it in the tumbler too, It'll pull some of the fine black dust out.
 
Corn cob with a capful of NuFinish or Color Back (Turtle Wax) and a used dryer sheet (yeah, I can be a cheap bugger).
 
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