What is the best case cleaning media?
When it comes to dry media you essentially have two options; corn cob and walnut. Corn cob is best for brass that is less tarnished and does not need too much polishing, whereas walnut is best for your dirtier, more tarnished brass.
Can you clean tumbler media?
You don’t need to touch or eat or roll around in the dirty media/water naked, unless you really want to. I just use a plastic bag and a few cups or water (usually taken from the bucket of dirty and slightly soapy water I have recently cleaned my brass in*) to clean a tumbler full.
How long does it take to clean brass in a tumbler?
Two to three hours. I don’t mind letting it run longer if I’m busy doing something else but I set two to three hours as a minimum. For me it seems the more times brass gets shot the longer it takes to clean. Can get clean brass in as little as 2 hours but sometimes it takes 6 hours.
Which is better corn cob or walnut media?
Walnut shell is a much harder material than corn cob and it has sharper points and edges needed to abrade tarnish from the brass.
How often do you change tumbling media?
We have found that most corn cob media will last about 10-15 runs before needing replaced. One tip to make it last a little longer is to cut up dryer sheets into small pieces and put them in the tumbler while it is running.
Can you reuse tumbling media?
Can I use them in all stages? The plastic poly pellets can be reused but only use them in the same grit stage that you used then in before. Grit gets embedded in the plastic and can never be fully removed. You can use them in all stages.
Can you wash corn cob media?
I dumped the media into a bucket with some hot water, dawn, and Lemishine, and stirred it around for a while. I then proceeded to strain the media using a wire screen colander. After I strained it I put it in another bucket and filled it with hot water to begin the rinsing.
How many times can you use corn cob media?
What do you use to clean stainless media?
There isn’t a lot to do, but there are a few important set-up details you shouldn’t overlook. 2. Pour the media in the tumbler, add brass, add 1 gallon of water, a small amount of liquid soap and a little bit of Lemi-Shine. Watch Cory’s video below for the amounts of soap and Lemi-Shine.
Which is the best reloading media for tumblers?
Midsouth carries a great selection of Reloading Tumbler Media for vibratory tumblers and stainless media for cleaning brass cases. Browse our selection of Brass Cleaning Media below.
What’s the best way to clean a reloading case?
The media, brass casings in the tub swirl, vibrate and collide against each other hence cleaning the dirt on the brass casings. The result is clean and shiny brass. If you’d ask a 100 reloaders how they clean the brass, my guess is 80% of them will tell you that they use a vibratory tumbler from manufacturers like Frankford Arsenal.
What makes a stainless media accurateshooter tumbler quieter?
The interior of the tumbler is a thick rubber liner. The metal lid has a thick rubber liner too. The rubber does two things. First, it does the obvious, it seals the unit. Its second function was not as obvious, it cuts the noise. This tumbler is much quieter than my old vibratory unit was.
