Thread: Polishing brass

I use autosol

I used to put in two cap fulls of autosol in my dry tumbler.

Then went to a stainless steel wet tumbler & never looked back!

I have heard of people using rice as a tumbling media.

Think I tried it myself, but can't remember how it went.

Best not to use it in a rissotto or anything else afterwards though

Rice works like a charm.

There is a car polish that is supposed to be the be-all and end-all of additives, I think it's called Nu Clear or something like that, it's in an orange bottle. Not the sort of thing kept in most kitchens though.
It certainly made an impressive difference when I tried it, I have a bottle in the shed so will check the name next time I'm out there.

Originally Posted by Cigar

There is a car polish that is supposed to be the be-all and end-all of additives, I think it's called Nu Clear or something like that, it's in an orange bottle. Not the sort of thing kept in most kitchens though.
It certainly made an impressive difference when I tried it, I have a bottle in the shed so will check the name next time I'm out there.

The polish is called Nu Finish.

Iv never owned a tumbler and never really been bothered cleaning brass however with all the spear time on my hands iv been binge loading so figured id go the whole hog and clean some brass up , looked online and found a dude soaking brass in warm soapy water for a while , rinsing then putting the brass in either a vinegar / water mix or lemon juice / water mix , cases come up pretty good if I was going pick what I thought worked the best I reckon the lemon juice cleaned the primer pockets a bit better , to finish them put the oven on 100 degrees and leave the cases in there for about half an hour , im happy with the results .

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Iv never owned a tumbler and never really been bothered cleaning brass however with all the spear time on my hands iv been binge loading so figured id go the whole hog and clean some brass up , looked online and found a dude soaking brass in warm soapy water for a while , rinsing then putting the brass in either a vinegar / water mix or lemon juice / water mix , cases come up pretty good if I was going pick what I thought worked the best I reckon the lemon juice cleaned the primer pockets a bit better , to finish them put the oven on 100 degrees and leave the cases in there for about half an hour , im happy with the results .

Yep very similar to what I do which is great if you dont reload much.

Originally Posted by Bobba

Yep very similar to what I do which is great if you dont reload much.

Yea I don’t reload very often but when I do I’ll do around 100 rounds for each of my main rifles so it’s kind of a once a year activity and only have a cheap and cheerful Lee setup which after the flooding we had down here is now setup on the dining table

Now that's a loading block.
Grandpamac.

a little experiment ill do if i get time ill try soaking some brass in coca cola

I polish mine with fine wire wool and the brass in the drill

A guy I know washes his corn media don't know the specifics tho