My question is do the steel pins and solvent eliminate this problem? Switching to steal pin wet media will reduce your exposure to lead dust and other contaminants by a huge factor. This is one of the most effective medias to use for polishing brass in a rotary tumbler. View Full Version: Corn cob or nut for brass?? Corn Cob Media 20 grit, low dust, 4lbs, 7 pints. Upgrade efforts paused for now. Do you regret switching? Walnut is suppose to be better for scrubbing of heavy dirt/carbon/etc because the walnut shell's are harder. If you want the brass to come out with a nice bright polish, rather than just clean, you will want to get treated corncob media or add your own polishing compound to untreated corncob media. Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum. All you need to buy is dish soap and powdered citric acid. Paul, Thanks for the note.
Location: Cookeville, TN. Try them yourself before buying any so that you can see how they work. Pics are what I'm using. Both get the job done, but the dust output seems lower with the corn cob. Yesterday, it was brass from Cheyenne brass and today it was the tumbler. I put the tumbler kit together and put some of the supplied corn cob media, along with the prescribed brass polish, in. Clean brass should be the goal of every reloader. Well let me throw my two cents in I have used both corn cob and walnut and I personally think the walnut does a better job of getting the cases clean and a nice shine. The inside is cleaner than when it went in but some residue is left depending on headstamp and powder used. A capful of NuFinish car wax and thimble full of mineral spirits every fourth/fifth run gets you shiny brass. The bonus of this is you can dump an old load and immediately get another one started while you process the first.
Run for about 30 minutes so it is well mixed, then add in your brass. No content shall be viewed by any person under 18 in California. Begin your decision-making by considering two things: 1) the type of tumbler you are using (rotary or vibratory), and, 2) how dirty the brass is. There are many benefits of using walnut shells for polishing rocks: - It is a very gentle abrasive that will not damage your rocks. I found the knot helped the strips stay in the media which made them move faster. All the "Mother's" gathered around the center of the vibratory tumbler and formed a big lump. I have a Thumbler's Tumbler (yet to use), but if that doesn't work suppose nothing will! Differing from synthetic types such as ceramic and synthetic plastic media, corn cob media is one of the two main forms of natural deburring media, the other being walnut shell media. Anyway, the best polish I've found is the Flitz Tumbler/Media Additive. Big Brother gave me a call after a blood test showed elevated blood levels. Additionally, I used one used dryer sheet cut into three strips with a knot in the middle of each one. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4. The decapping rod in the sizer cleans any stuck media out very easily.
Anyone ever have that happen to them? I do however understand why folks would want to use crushed walnut for doing smaller calibers. LIKE THE IDEA of lightly cleaning polishing finished reloads that need that last-second finishing! 1) n-100 mask and nitrile gloves when depriming. Thread Status: - Not open for further replies. I've used a lot of walnut, including 'Tuffnut' with jeweler's rouge. Now I'm using a vibratory type tumbler. Our robot end-effector products are found in thousands of successful applications around the world. If you're using a rock tumbler, be sure to add a few drops of dish soap to the water. 12/20's the sieve size that I find works best. With my FART, I only touch the dirty brass loading the tumbler. Walnut runs out like sand. Anyone that has bought any of my brass will tell just how well fine corn cob polishes..... DaveInFloweryBranchGA.
Thanks Tom, I will sure look into eeker. 308 cases ended up with a LOT of walnut media (from Petsmart) both wedged in the case and in the flash hole. Smaller loads get them cleaner anyways! I ran almost all of it through the corn cob (without brass polish) and after four to six hours it looked "ok. " I then ran the last couple batches through walnut first to see what the difference would be and it is MUCH cleaner and brighter.
Cleaning boat hulls. It will do about as good a job as you can get with walnut and the BonAmi is not going cause wear on your dies (it's used for cleaning glass). The corn cob, with about a teaspoon of Mother's Mag Wheel polish in it, took the cases from just OK to looking like brand new brass! A rock tumbler or a polishing machine. You can get it for about $165 from Optics Planet if you can round up a 10% coupon code. You'll likely find their results impressive enough to use them over and over again. They are available in granules ranging from 1/4" to a fine powder. Metal stampings, molded plastics, and die castings lend themselves to deburring, deflashing, burnishing and polishing in corn cob. The one I frequent is new and has great air circulation. I bought a 26 pound bag for $19. I will gather up as you describe, but I just scrape it off, let it run a bit longer, & it will dissapate. I have some Nu Finish as well.
Corn Cob Grit is highly absorbent and effectively removes oils and dirt from brass, bronze and other metal parts in tumbling, vibratory finishing and polishing operations. I'm down to the last capful or two, so will probably be trying the Mothers stuff in the future. Right now I'm just using the vibrator type. After that its all contained by the water. I've never went that lite in a 45 ACP. I'll add a few squirts of metal polish every three cycles and go to town. Understanding the different types of tumbling media will aid in selection of the right kind for your deburring or polishing job. I only do a few hundred 45 cases at a time. Where can I get the ceramic media some of you have mentioned? Cleaning brass by tumbling is the economical, safe first step in assembling quality handloads. I would like to buy just one. Posted: 5/29/2011 6:27:24 AM EST.
I use my homemade tumbler to clean before depriming. Your media will load up with lube, sooner, rather than later and you'll be tossing in the garbage before long. However, these materials may damage your rocks. 56 put it in my tumbler with some shitty brass. The lids fit tight and don't come off, and man are they clean inside! I think the description on the Lyman ones says one is for a "factory" finish and the other for a "High polish" or something like that. I have a Thumler's and love it--it's been running for over twenty years with no problems (other than changing belts).
My wife asked me to switch since we just had our first kid in October. After that, I can sift and drain without touching the dirty water. I'm 100% happy with the 1/8" ground corncob which I buy from a local feed store. I'm not eating off of it, just reloading the stuff and hitting the range. Well after a bit over 24 hours of vibratory tumbling and those shells came out pretty dam clean.
I have not tried it yet, but have heard great things about it. Most are happy with the finish left by this. The stainless steel media cleans the primer pockets beautifully and because the inside of the casings are very clean, there is much less wear on the full sizing die. Available in different shapes and sizes. Location: Pembroke, KY. Andrew, That is exactly what I was looking for. The results have been fine.