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Tumbling dry
« on: August 29, 2020, 12:44:53 PM »
I've got a vibrating case cleaner that I have been cleaning my .45 cases with just dry media (walnut shell) . Do I need to add anything to it? ???
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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2020, 01:09:45 PM »
Need to?  No, unless you want it more shiny.  There are various polishers that folks add.  I've heard of Mother's Mag Wheel Polish.  I sometimes add Brasso, although I let it run for a while after adding the brasso both to get it well distributed in the media without clumping, and to let the ammonia evaporate, before adding brass.

As a dedicated brass picker, I will say that shiny brass is definitely easier to see!   :)

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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2020, 04:50:41 AM »
Thank you, Abilene.   ;)
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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2020, 09:38:02 AM »

 :)  RRio   ;)

Well Shucks.  Ima Luddite.  No, really, it's true.  Luddite thru and thru.  I don't care if my brass is Brite and Shiny.  I also don't really subscribe to many of the concoctions folks dump in their media in search of "like new."  There.  See.  Luddite.

First understanding I shoot APP (BP Sub for those whom live under rocks) and after shooting, I rinse the brass in Warm Water and White Vinegar.  After drying (small oven) I dump about a cap full of Dillon Case Polish (if I remember) in with the Lizard Litter (Walnut Shell) and then tumble, essentially dry for about an hour.  DONE.

Shiny is not necessary for loading and shooting.  Shiny is only an issue for those suffering a form of OCD about brass looking "Like New."  Clean is necessary.  Anything after Clean is "Cake."  Oh, and some stains on yer brass lets folks know you really do shoot alot.  Burma Shave

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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2020, 01:22:36 PM »

I put about two teaspoons of mineral spirits(paint thinner) and two or three teaspoons of water into my walnut media. I put the brass into the tumbler wet after rinsing with soapy water. Vibrate until the media is dry, about four hours or so. The brass will be shiner than new.
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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2020, 09:07:34 PM »
Thank you all.  :D
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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2020, 04:32:23 PM »
:)  RRio   ;)

Well Shucks.  Ima Luddite.  No, really, it's true.  Luddite thru and thru.  I don't care if my brass is Brite and Shiny.  I also don't really subscribe to many of the concoctions folks dump in their media in search of "like new."  There.  See.  Luddite.

First understanding I shoot APP (BP Sub for those whom live under rocks) and after shooting, I rinse the brass in Warm Water and White Vinegar.  After drying (small oven) I dump about a cap full of Dillon Case Polish (if I remember) in with the Lizard Litter (Walnut Shell) and then tumble, essentially dry for about an hour.  DONE.

Shiny is not necessary for loading and shooting.  Shiny is only an issue for those suffering a form of OCD about brass looking "Like New."  Clean is necessary.  Anything after Clean is "Cake."  Oh, and some stains on yer brass lets folks know you really do shoot alot.  Burma Shave

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Firstly, and on topic, I agree, "shiny is not necessary"  and "clean is good enough".
Green is bad, Clean is good, a little tarnish is ok (watch for weak spots and cracks).

technically and metallurgically,  cleaning TOO well does actually thin the brass minutely each time.
and theoretically, a thin layer of normal dull  brass oxidation may help in terms of longevity (note the patina on brass frame guns)

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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2020, 10:02:32 AM »

 :)  My Good Perfesser   ;)

Or . . . Is it perhaps "Confesser??"  Whom knows what Evil Lurks . . . Yes.  Yes, I must admit I have been known to utilize Suppositories.  There is a reason.  Once, Some Lustrum ago, I showed up at a CAS Match with 12Ga.  Yep, a Modern reproduction 12Ga Muzzle Loading Shotgun.  Nobody noticed until I went to the Line and hit the second pair of Shotgun Targets and began to re-load.  Six shotgun target stage, move between pairs.  After laughing digressively, all decided I shouldn't use the Front Stuffer.  Really Slows up the "action" part of Cowboy "Action."  This brought about my conversion to All Brass Shotgun Hulls.

I must also confess (Fallwell ism) to having dallied with "other" Suppositories upon occasion.  I found the same reluctance by "others" to embrace shooting a Hawken Plains Rifle for 10 Round stages.  No sense of humor atall.  Of needs one must.  I also found some complaint the occasion I brought a pair of Dueling Pistols.  See the pattern??  No Sense of Humor.  No appreciation for Fine Firearms atall.

So, of needs must, I confess.  Biteing, Kicking, Clawing, Screaming, I have been dragged into a relationship with those Fad, Heathen Suppositories.  Also, of needs must, learned the care and feeding of same.  Harumpff!!

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Re: Tumbling dry
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2020, 08:41:41 PM »
I've been tumbling dry with walnut and corn cob media as long as I've been reloading metallic brass cat-ridges in 1976. I've always added various media boosters when the media seemed to get a little tired and didn't need to be tossed. It will get sort of worn out and dirty after a time and need to be changed. Coffinmaker doesn't like the dirty Ol black powder, but likes his brass dirty----figure that one out.  ??? :) I likes me brass clean, doesn't have to be hot off the press factory shiny, although the brass I use in my conversions shooting black powder have sort of a patina to them. Soak and rinse in hot water, then they get tumbled. I don't leave them in the tumbler so they get super shiny, but they're clean. There is all kinds of 'kitchen formula's' on the web for media additive, same as there is a multitude of commercial stuff on the market. Ya gotta try here and there to find what works best for ya and satisfies yer expectations.  ;D
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