crystalgayleguy
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I use hot water add brass juice and tumble my brass comes out shining like jewelry then I put in vibrating tumbler with corn cob media to dry
SS Wet Tumbling Outstanding Recommendation
- Thread starter urbanrifleman
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What I do after flush off all the tumbled water is a quick tap down in a towel and let them air dry in holders facing down. Got rid of all my dry media , just wet tumble 100% of the time. Doesn't change group size but it's like reloading with new brass every time , what's wrong with that. Fighting this China virus , so talking on line helps the time go by. Can't wait to get back to normal .
Chris
Chris
urbanrifleman
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After loading I am even more impressed with the polished surface.
Hoot
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Latest Experiment:
I got a free sample (4 oz) bottle of Citranox. I put 1 tablespoon in a FART containing 250 Federal 5.56 range pickups with their primers removed, 5 lbs of SS chips (abandoned pins a year ago) and filled with hot softened water from the laundry room spigot. Tumbled this initial experiment for 30 minutes. Dumped the slurry into a gallon jug and flooded the FART with the same hot water 3 times, until the suds subsided. kept the last hot water in it and added 1 tablespoon of the Wash & Gloss. Tumbled for 10 minutes and repeated the flood rinse cycle as before. Filled my rotary bucket with clean unsoftened cold water and dumped the cases in the hopper to separate out the chips and as a final rinse. Dried on a fine grid sheet in the oven and was happy with the results.
They went from this:
To this:
Even the primer pockets were spotless:
Note: None of the flash holes had a chip in them.
But, the insides, including the necks, still had the coating left from the byproducts of combustion. Loose carbon was gone, just not that brown coating, whatever its comprised of. I know some of you refer to it as carbon but I'm not convinced that's what it really is.
Works for me and the shorter time, compared to what it took for shiny insides using Dawn and Lemishine, eliminated the mouths peening. Win Win
I am letting the finished cases sit outside on the covered porch to see how they resist tarnishing. Next, I'll try either using both additives at the same time, try reducing the initial tumble to less than 30 minutes or see if I can reuse the captured, used Citranox solution that I saved. Even if it doesn't work well more than one time, at 16₵ a load, it seems like a reasonably priced product.
Lest you observant members ask, Yes I removed the few steel cases from the range pickups with a magnet before cleaning.
Hoot
I got a free sample (4 oz) bottle of Citranox. I put 1 tablespoon in a FART containing 250 Federal 5.56 range pickups with their primers removed, 5 lbs of SS chips (abandoned pins a year ago) and filled with hot softened water from the laundry room spigot. Tumbled this initial experiment for 30 minutes. Dumped the slurry into a gallon jug and flooded the FART with the same hot water 3 times, until the suds subsided. kept the last hot water in it and added 1 tablespoon of the Wash & Gloss. Tumbled for 10 minutes and repeated the flood rinse cycle as before. Filled my rotary bucket with clean unsoftened cold water and dumped the cases in the hopper to separate out the chips and as a final rinse. Dried on a fine grid sheet in the oven and was happy with the results.
They went from this:
To this:
Even the primer pockets were spotless:
Note: None of the flash holes had a chip in them.
But, the insides, including the necks, still had the coating left from the byproducts of combustion. Loose carbon was gone, just not that brown coating, whatever its comprised of. I know some of you refer to it as carbon but I'm not convinced that's what it really is.
Works for me and the shorter time, compared to what it took for shiny insides using Dawn and Lemishine, eliminated the mouths peening. Win Win
I am letting the finished cases sit outside on the covered porch to see how they resist tarnishing. Next, I'll try either using both additives at the same time, try reducing the initial tumble to less than 30 minutes or see if I can reuse the captured, used Citranox solution that I saved. Even if it doesn't work well more than one time, at 16₵ a load, it seems like a reasonably priced product.
Lest you observant members ask, Yes I removed the few steel cases from the range pickups with a magnet before cleaning.
Hoot
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divingin
Gold $$ Contributor
I've used Armor All wash and wax and Turtle wash and wax both with excellent results.
I also made the mistake of trying some stuff called Purple Power car wash and wax ($6 for a gallon) - If you see it, don't bother; it took about 3x as much to get lesser results.
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