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Posted: 7/14/2011 1:16:50 PM EDT
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I totally forgot that i left a 3/4 full 5 gallon bucket of 9mm brass outside exposed to the elements for almost a month =/ And now it looks like this. Do you think the tumbler will take this out???
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That's so bad you might have better luck with a liquid cleaner, that should get the worst of the junk off it. So are you saying to put the brass in like bucket full of brass cleaning detergent? be careful of what you use. lots of brass cleaners are not good for gun brass. if i were you. i would just clean out said bucket, put hot water in it, add a little bit of lemin shine and then throw the brass in and let it sit in there for a while, when it is ready, remove, rinse and try and you should be GTG (there is no need to buy an new equipment). i did this last night in fact. |
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I bought some brass for practically nothing that had been sitting outside, in the water and mud, all winter long. It was so dirty and filthy that you couldn't actually see what the brass itself looked like, just the caked clay covering them.
An empty jug, some dish soap and lemishine, and fifteen minutes later, I had terrific brass. I put them in the jug with hot soap and water, agitated for a couple of minutes, then rinsed out the muddy water. One more like that got all of the rest of the mud off. The third had some lemishine with the soap to get off the tarnish, then I rinsed until ready. |
Your brass can be saved. Wet tumbling to the rescue.
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I don't have a wet tumbler but from what I've seen, this would be child's play for SS media. Those things seem to clean up just about anything so well they look brand new. If you don't have one, this may be a good "reason" to get one! I agree with silentrebellion. Maybe it's time to get set up to tumble using stainless steel. Here is a before and after photo of a piece of 458 SOCOM brass that had spent a significant amount of time outside. Before it was completely corroded and I figured it was hopeless. I threw it in with a batch of 45ACP that I was wet tumbling and it came out looking brand spanking new. The pictures speak for themselves. Even the primer pocket looked completely new! 
And for when the photos disappear (as the inevitably do) here are links: http://www.pbase.com/osucowboy8/image/125752770 http://www.pbase.com/osucowboy8/image/125752794 http://www.pbase.com/osucowboy8/image/125752784 |
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i would soak them in lemi shine for an hour or so agitating a few times in between and they should come pretty clean then tumble and you are gtg That's it, although I would soak it for three or four days and give the container a shake every time I walked by. |
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My "wet tumbler" is an empty plastic nut jar from Costco. I put the brass in it with soap (and lemishine if needed), cap them off, and let them soak, with occasional agitation.
Put that brass in something like that with a spoon or two of lemishine, shake it, and all of the tarnish will probably be gone in seconds, maybe as long as half a minute. Then you can dry it and send it to the regular tumbler. |
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My "wet tumbler" is an empty plastic nut jar from Costco. I put the brass in it with soap (and lemishine if needed), cap them off, and let them soak, with occasional agitation. Put that brass in something like that with a spoon or two of lemishine, shake it, and all of the tarnish will probably be gone in seconds, maybe as long as half a minute. Then you can dry it and send it to the regular tumbler. That's precisely what I described above, except my nut jars come from Sam's. Just to clean up the heavy oxidation to get the brass ready for conventional tumbling in walnut, this is all that is needed. The stainless media method is a step above on the path to brass bling nirvana (TM  ).
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Yeah, there are a dozen ways to save that brass, including ScotchBrite, but why bother? Tumble/Vibrate it and pitch the cruddy stuff - 9mm is the most prevalent of the "Pick Up" brass at ranges, save the best and scrap the rest. This is what I have been doing, but I have an enormous supply of .223 and 9mm brass. It don't bother me if I throw out 15% or more of the brass I get. |
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Holy Crap!!! I think ill be going with the SS media and wet tumbling. But I would have to get new equipment  Do you think walnut media in a tumbler will get sub par results?
Oh by the way where can I get a cheap tumbler that is compatible with wet tumbling?!?! 
I got fairly good results when I dry tumbled in walnut. So can you. Dry tumbling is perfectly acceptable. Wet tumbling is a step beyond, if you require the ultimate bling. 
I got this well used wet tumbler at the last funshow for $15. Look for rock tumblers. This one is half the size of a Tumblers model B. |
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Holy Crap!!! I think ill be going with the SS media and wet tumbling. But I would have to get new equipment Do you think walnut media in a tumblr will get sub par results?
Oh by the way where can i get a cheap tumbler that is compatible with wet tumbling?!?!
I got fairly good results when I dry tumbled in walnut. So can you. Dry tumbling is perfectly acceptable. Wet tumbling is a step beyond, if you require the ultimate bling.
I got this well used wet tumbler at the last funshow for $15. Look for rock tumblers. This one is half the size of a Tumblers model B. Put a new cord and switch on it, oiled the motor and adjusted the drive belt. Works fine. |
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