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    Polishing brass

    Just wondering if any kitchen type stuff I could improvise with to put in my corn media.
    Has anybody tried jiff?

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    Stainless media in a tumbler
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    I think you’d need dry media, so dry, not the wet version of Jiff. Perhaps some crushed up pumice (mums kitchen blender). Stainless pins are far better than corn,especially with small squirt of dish liquid or swarfega.
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    Andy, read labels VERY carefully and avoid anything with ammonia in it.

    Best product I have found for polishing is NEVR DULL, but it involves external process, not tumbling.
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    @andyanimal31 I add a few cap fills of turps into the walnut/corn. Keeps the dust down, and seems to stop cases tarnishing afterwards. After a couple of runs, just add a splash everytime.

    Also a cut up (into about 15-20mm triangles) green pot scourer thing, in the mix. Seems to help get the outsides clean.

    Also I fill it up with cases. I find trying to clean 10 just doesn't work as well as cleaning 60-70.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beaker View Post
    @andyanimal31 I add a few cap fills of turps into the walnut/corn. Keeps the dust down, and seems to stop cases tarnishing afterwards. After a couple of runs, just add a splash everytime.

    Also a cut up (into about 15-20mm triangles) green pot scourer thing, in the mix. Seems to help get the outsides clean.

    Also I fill it up with cases. I find trying to clean 10 just doesn't work as well as cleaning 60-70.
    Yep.
    Thinking silvo or jiff as new media.
    Putting over a 100 in at a time!
    8 more loads to go!

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    Yep.
    Thinking silvo or jiff as new media.
    Putting over a 100 in at a time!
    8 more loads to go!

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    Quote Originally Posted by madjon_ View Post
    Only doing a few then?
    It's a lot if you arnt banging them through a big progressive press!

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    Every one says you shouldn't do it but I use a very tiny bit of brasso haven't run into any problems yet

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    I have used a small amount of car polish in the past when I was still running a dry tumbler.

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    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!

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    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
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    Rice works like a charm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beaker View Post
    @andyanimal31 I add a few cap fills of turps into the walnut/corn. Keeps the dust down, and seems to stop cases tarnishing afterwards. After a couple of runs, just add a splash everytime.

    Also a cut up (into about 15-20mm triangles) green pot scourer thing, in the mix. Seems to help get the outsides clean.

    Also I fill it up with cases. I find trying to clean 10 just doesn't work as well as cleaning 60-70.
    @Beaker would meths work the same as turps?

 

 

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