Posted: 1/29/2017 3:07:42 PM EDT
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I have never been able to get really shiny brass in my Hornady dry tumbler.
Tried corncob and walnut media. Tried adding various polishers and abrasives. Do you guys get consistently shiny, new looking brass in your dry tumblers ? How ? What is the best tumbler setup for wet tumbling with stainless steel media ? Thanks for your comments !! |
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mine turns out ok, good enough for me
my brother's come out shiny as new every time the difference? he leaves his in for hours and hours at a time, I'm talking sometimes 7-8 hours and then 3-4 more the next day. I usually go about 2-3 hours on mine we use the same tumblers and the same corn cob, he just uses more time |
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I wanted the "Bling" brass. So I just switched to wet tumbling. Bought my Lemi-Shine yesterday. Lyman has a nice tumbler that comes with SS pins and strainers... No more walnut or corn cob for me.
Edit: I might just keep dry tumbling 40 S&W with my Hornady unit. |
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Just using a dry tumbler, wash the brass with dish soap and some lemishine in a bucket. Roll the brass in a towel to mostly dry them off.
Put a couple Tablespoon full of liquid car wax in the media and let it blend with the media until its not clumpy. With pistol, add the brass and run for 6-8 hrs and it finishes drying the brass. With bottle neck brass dry the brass with a hair dryer, heat gun or oven so they are mostly dry otherwise the media gets caked in the primer pocket. Run 6-8 hrs. Should come out shiny and keep she media cleaner and should last a lot longer. When it takes too long to clean brass, add some more car wax. |
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Keys to shiny brass with dry media #1 Do not over load the polisher #2 Do not use gunked up media (it is cheap so replace it often 20-25 hrs run time) #3 Use goo additive.... Dillon, Iosso, Flitz #4 Run time 2-4hrs should get you close to blinding I do 1 (rattling is bad, hum is good), 2 (a bit longer though), 4, and add a dryer sheet to catch some of the dust. |