Wet tumbling

[sassdan]

I have been wet tumbling about 4 months is any one using simple green to clean your brass & how much. I have a tumblers rebel 17.
Thanks for your help.

 

[bulletsmith]

I have been wet tumbling about 4 months is any one using simple green & how much. I have a tumblers rebel 17.
Thanks for your help.

Are you referring to the act of cleaning the steel pins after they get gunked up? I'm not sure there is an actual recipe. Give it a squirt and run it for a few hours.

 

[sassdan]

Are you referring to the act of cleaning the steel pins after they get gunked up? I'm not sure there is an actual recipe. Give it a squirt and run it for a few hours.

I should been more clear, I have edited post thanks.

 

[gopurdue02]

I have been wet tumbling about 4 months is any one using simple green to clean your brass & how much. I have a tumblers rebel 17.
Thanks for your help.

Simply green with a touch of lemon shine is my wet tumbling recipe period brass comes looking out shiny and new

 

[Merk]

HAve always used corn cob media and a Dillon tumbler, any advantage to liquid ?

 

[midget]

HAve always used corn cob media and a Dillon tumbler, any advantage to liquid ?

No dust, and if done right they end up cleaner.

 

[bulletsmith]

I have been wet tumbling about 4 months is any one using simple green to clean your brass & how much. I have a tumblers rebel 17.
Thanks for your help.

So far I have only used dish soap and lemi-shine. Exactly one healthy squirt. I think the paperwork with your tumbler mentions a couple of tablespoons. And I think it talks about if you don't have bubbles when you open it up, you didn't use enough.

It's not an exact science, I don't think you can really make a mistake here.

 

[NIFT]

No dust, and if done right they end up cleaner.

Absolutely! With dry polishing media, all that happens is the dirt/grime/crud gets transferred to the media--for the most part. After a number of iterations, the media gets so much dirt/grime/crud on it that it quits working.

Washing transfers the dirt/grime/crud to the water and detergent, which, then, is discarded. After rinsing, the brass is quite clean and shiny. If you want a really bright polish: after washing and rinsing, run it polishing media. That media will not get all gunked up with dirt/grime/crud, because it was washed away beforehand. For general, practice reloads, I have never seen the need for doing a high polish after washing, as the brass looks great with just the washing.

Hope this helps a bit. By the way, I did the polishing (no washing) for more years than I care to admit. Since going to washing, I shake my head at all the years I should have been doing that!

 

[bulletsmith]

Absolutely! With dry polishing media, all that happens is the dirt/grime/crud gets transferred to the media--for the most part. After a number of iterations, the media gets so much dirt/grime/crud on it that it quits working.

Washing transfers the dirt/grime/crud to the water and detergent, which, then, is discarded. After rinsing, the brass is quite clean and shiny. If you want a really bright polish: after washing and rinsing, run it polishing media. That media will not get all gunked up with dirt/grime/crud, because it was washed away beforehand. For general, practice reloads, I have never seen the need for doing a high polish after washing, as the brass looks great with just the washing.

Hope this helps a bit. By the way, I did the polishing (no washing) for more years than I care to admit. Since going to washing, I shake my head at all the years I should have been doing that!

So true. The only down side is I'm now addicted to it. I find myself depriming even handgun brass and washing it. Nice clean primer pockets, and insides of the cases looking just like the outside, I love it. Necessary? Who cares. It makes me happy.

 

[Markus]

Absolutely! With dry polishing media, all that happens is the dirt/grime/crud gets transferred to the media--for the most part. After a number of iterations, the media gets so much dirt/grime/crud on it that it quits working.

I put a 1/4 of a dryer sheet in with my media. For some reason all of the stuff clings to the dryer sheet. Media takes a lot longer to get dirty this way. And not only is my brass clean and shiny, it smells like spring!

 

[Flyingbrian]

Huge fan of the wet tumbling I use a squirt of Dawn and some lemi shine

 

[OHOIAN]

I like my brass shiny. Dry tumbling just can’t get it this clean inside and out.

 

[Merk]

How many washes are you getting out of the wet stuff?

 

[gabrigger]

I have switched from dish soap to Armor All Ultra Shine Wash and Wax. The Armor All with a little Lemishine produces better results than when I use dish soap.

 

[OHOIAN]

How many washes are you getting out of the wet stuff?

The media will last forever or until you loose it.

 

[midget]

The media will last forever or until you loose it.

That right there is the problem. Those little pins are sneaky little fools...

 

[t-squared]

I have switched from dish soap to Armor All Ultra Shine Wash and Wax. The Armor All with a little Lemishine produces better results than when I use dish soap.

Gabrigger, are you using roughly the same amount? I've read that the wash and wax also helps prevent the tarnishing issues some folks were having.

 

[t-squared]

Even though there's tons of videos showing how to wet tumble, I found a cheap way to dry your brass I thought I'd share.
Found these at Menards for 5 bucks or so....https://www.menards.com/main/screen...4433579480-c-7666.htm?tid=8568236099188282270
Place 4 "spacers" under the corners to let even more air flow around the brass. A small fan blowing over the brass makes them dry even faster.

 

[gabrigger]

Gabrigger, are you using roughly the same amount? I've read that the wash and wax also help prevent the tarnishing issues some folks were having.

I would say that I am using about the same amount of the wash and wax as I was with the dish soap-it will depend on your water hardness. I haven't noticed any tarnishing, etc using the wash and wax. I am sold on it.

 

[Merk]

The media will last forever or until you loose it.

So you are just adding the liquid to the media? I was assuming it was only the liquid.

Dad and I have been using the Dillon case polish in the media for years. Good stuff.