For those of you using SS media

[skyking]

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[dave7mm]

............We have a lot in common, crap-wise............
yes we do
I've bought extra drums and only use them for coating Danzak HBN and the one i run the pins it.
I agree about the price and if mine ever starts to leak Ill remember what you said.
merry merry man.
You have a good holiday


dave

 

[Jeff A]

steve_podleski, Dude, you have to be doing something wrong. The formula is:

1 gallon of cold water
2 Tablespoons (about an ounce) of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
1 .45 ACP case full of Lemi-Shine

All cases will look new, inside and out.

 

[243Mendoza]

steve_podleski, Dude, you have to be doing something wrong. The formula is:

1 gallon of cold water
2 Tablespoons (about an ounce) of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
1 .45 ACP case full of Lemi-Shine

All cases will look new, inside and out.

That is the formula that I used except that I used 1/4tsp of lemishine. I have attached pictures comparing a cleaned case with a new case

 

[spclark]

I use maybe 3 quarts water, a teaspoon or a little less liquid laundry detergent (dish liquids foam too much to my taste), maybe a teaspoon LemiShine. Can't use all this solution in my RCBS, usually run 2 batches back-to-back. Two hour run & cases (308, 6XC, 6HAGAR, 6RAT) all come out shinier than new brass inside & out.

Steve P., I think you need to bump up the LemiShine some. 1/4 tsp's not enough, particularly if your tap water's hard like mine.

 

[243Mendoza]

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Steve P., I think you need to bump up the LemiShine some. 1/4 tsp's not enough, particularly if your tap water's hard like mine.

I've tried doubling LemiShine to at least 1/2 tsp; I get great looking exterior case walls and primer pockets but the inside walls of the necks are still dark and dull compared to new brass. I've tried this also with once-fired brass and get the same results. It would be nice to get shiny inside neck so I can easily see the results on tempilaq when I anneal, but I am happy nonetheless with the SS media method and will use it once a year at the end of the season to reprep my cases.

 

[spclark]

Just out of curiosity, what propellants are you using again?

I get dull-looking neck ID's too but attribute that to the nature of their environment. Case exteriors don't have nearly as rough a life.

I used to 'polish' neck insides with a bronze bore brush chucked & spinning in my drill press but since I went to SS/wet method of cleaning neck insides at least look like brass now after cleaning, not a stove's chimney. That baked-on carbon is heck to get out once once it's there but the SS media's the best way I've found to get it out.

Mostly what propellants I use now are N140 & RL15 (6HAGAR), IMR 8208XBR for everything else (6XC, Palma, 6RAT).

 

[markm87]

I definitely TRIPLE the suggested dose of Lemishine. I also throttle way back on the dish soap. Too much to wash off when you remove the brass otherwise.

If I load the tumbler to suggested MAX for a given caliber, I can see the results drop off a little.

I try to keep the case quantity at least 10 percent below suggested.

 

[spclark]

I also throttle way back on the dish soap. Too much to wash off when you remove the brass otherwise.

Agreed! Why I use liquid laundry detergent instead of dish liquid, which foams way too much & takes more rinsing than I'm willing put up with.

 

[in2deep]

I really don't understand the part about using less soap cuz it's hard to rinse out? I believe the website says to use enough soap so that after you are done tumbling the water should still be bubbly. I had the opposite problem initially of not using enough soap and now put in a healthy squirt and works much better for me.
To rinse everything off after tumbling I just pour half the water out of the tumbler (while the pins and brass are still in there) and add warm water..... then repeat a few times till the water comes out clean which rinses the brass and rinses the pins clean also. Just takes half a minute for complete rinse. I do occasionally loose a few pins each time but there a gillions in there.

After a dozen uses I noticed the brass wasn't coming as clean and after reading the instructions realized there was a ton of surface area to a million tiny pins and they were dirty and occasionally need to be cleaned by running the tumbler without brass to clean off the pins. Life is good again.

 

[243Mendoza]

Just out of curiosity, what propellants are you using again?

I get dull-looking neck ID's too but attribute that to the nature of their environment. Case exteriors don't have nearly as rough a life.

I use Varget but I also have cleaned some Argentinian surplus 7.62x51 once-fired cases and get the same result...shiney exterior walls and primer pockets, somewhat shiney internal walls and dull inside neck walls.

... but since I went to SS/wet method of cleaning neck insides at least look like brass now after cleaning, not a stove's chimney. That baked-on carbon is heck to get out once once it's there but the SS media's the best way I've found to get it out.

Agreed.