Cheap additive for corn cob media?

[Timberyote]

I use a 40/60 mix of Lyman treated corncob and corn blast in a Lyman 2500 Magnum tumbler with 4 used Bounce drier sheets. I tried a mix of mineral spirits and Nu Finish for a couple of years and it got the brass clean and shiny, but after the 2 years the tumbler bowl was gummed up, so it's back to the dry mix.

 

[JayHHI6818]

Flitz Tumbler Additive....great stuff

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001T7JWN4/?tag=accuratescom-20

I have been using Flitz for 10 years. Great stuff

 

[McHaggis]

I use walnut and add a mix of methylated spirts (denatured alcohol) with nu age polish and mix to dilute the polish. Then I add this to the walnut and mix until all the walnut media is damp. 2 hours and brass is clean and shiny and the primer pockets on maybe 80% are also mostly clean. This has given me the best results to date.
Note: this will not clean nasty range brass like wet tumbling does but works great on the stuff you’ve just fired.

 

[mikecockcroft]

Corn cob blasting media in 40-50 pound bag

 

[NorCalMikie]

New brass never had anything on it so why add to it when cleaning??
Dry corn cob gets the job done.

 

[Mike Casselton]

New brass never had anything on it so why add to it when cleaning??
Dry corn cob gets the job done.

The carbon is a mother to remove here in FL.
I believe it's because of the humidity. Can't see any other reason.
Never had that problem in Idaho or SD.

 

[NorCalMikie]

The carbon is a mother to remove here in FL.
I believe it's because of the humidity. Can't see any other reason.
Never had that problem in Idaho or SD.

Has to be the SNOWBIRDS.
Trump still in Florida? Could be his fault.

 

[257ack]

Here in Ohio we just throw walnut shells away but we do have a use for corn cobs.
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Here in Alabama we still use the old Montgomery Ward, Spigels and Sears and Roebuck catalog pages

 

[Dave M.]

Brasso

I use crushed walnut shells that you can buy dirt cheap at any pet store (for lizard bedding or some crap like that) and I put in two small drops of white turtle wax liquid chrome polish. Does a great job and the brass out really clean. Personally, I only clean in walnut shell every 3rd firing. I try to limit it because of the dings the necks can get from tumbling.
dave