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Posted: 10/4/2008 12:27:21 PM EDT
I like clean brass baby!  Tumbling in walnut gets the grime off, but the brass is still dingy...so I tumble it in corn cob afterward to get it shiny. How long can walnut and/or cob media be used before it should be discarded? Every time I have "recharged it with Nu-Polish or mineral spirits it seems to get clumpy or leave a residue. Any advice? Thanks.Blake |
| I use about a cap full of Flitz in my walnut media about every second or third load of brass. After about two or three hours they shine like the sun. I make sure not to over load case cleaner, about 100 .223 cases or about 150 - 200 pistol case, depending on caliber. |
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I'm using walnut and either turtle wax polishing or turtle wax rubbing compound. I'm running the big lyman and can usually get six to eight runs of brass through it before I need to change media. I used to use flitz/brasso/etc. but read something about ammonia based cleaners with brass. |
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I change media very rarely. I've found that Nu Finish car polish works wonders along with some fregrance free dryer sheets cut into 2" squares. Put a couple of those in the media with a cap full of Nu Finish and with corn cob media the brass will look better than new in 2-3 hours. The dryer sheets suck the grime out of the media and help to keep it clean/dust free. It's worked for years and lots of reloaders use this recipe. |
| I use dryer sheets and a dash of Bon-Ami in every batch of mine and I'm still using the same media about 2k rounds later. It gets darker, but the dryer sheet picks up a ton of gunk, and the Bon-Ami acts as a light polishing compound, so it works better and lasts longer than plain, IMO. |
| A couple of cap fulls of Flitz in both the walnut & the corn & don't forget to toss in a quarter or half a used dryer sheet each time. Don't waste your time using media that's not treated with something. I use my media until it just quits cleaning, however long that might be. |
What's wrong with Brasso/Flitz/etc? I just started tumbling with Brasso..it was the only polish I could find around here  Please tell me I didn't just waste 500+ unfired and once-fired .45acp cases.. |
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