Oh dear...corn grit should be DRY??

[TassieTiger]

Cannot tell you how much this sucks...

“Hey babe, I’m going to be late from work, can you please put 200 ppu brass in the tumbler with that new corn media to try out?”
“Sure, same as we do the sapphires and stones ?”
“Yep, just put the cases on the bench in the tumbler, couple cups of medium, set timer 3 hours snd I’ll sort rest when I get home. Thanks.”
“No worries”


Oh fffFFAAARRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[mchughcb]

Corn media should be dry but i go wet and use stainless pins and detergent

[TassieTiger]

How do you get the mess out - it’s like it’s lodged in the cases with fuken Supaglue?!?
Even compressed air doesn’t move some of it...I’m going to oven dry and then hit with air in a few days time...

[Blr243]

So she put water in with the media ? That’s a bit of a mess

[Blr243]

Good thing they were ppu and not lapua

[TassieTiger]

So she put water in with the media ? That’s a bit of a mess

Yes...she did exactly as we do when we go sapphire hunting...so kinda my fault. But it does say on the bottle lol.

Only 200 to clean like an infants bottom...let me think 70 secs per case - 200 x 60 = 12000 secs, or 200 mins...FASAARK

[Blr243]

Times like this I think it could be worse. Worse would be if she filled up the diesel tank with petrol.

[Ziege]

just re tumble it with dry media to get out the old dried up stuff thats stuck

[pomemax]

Place the case in a sack and tumble dry them trow in a couple of towels save the noise a bit

[eddievic]

Atleast the outside looks nice and shiny

[Grandadbushy]

G'day TT mate i'd try putting the shells in a pillow case tie the top and put into a cloths drier , there won't be too much heat and it will dry the media out then it will shrink , also it will give them a good shake and hopefully it will remove the stuff , (works well with wet dirt)

[TassieTiger]

G'day TT mate i'd try putting the shells in a pillow case tie the top and put into a cloths drier , there won't be too much heat and it will dry the media out then it will shrink , also it will give them a good shake and hopefully it will remove the stuff , (works well with wet dirt)

That’s what I’m doing mate - it’s kinda funny - I told the missus they are likely to be ruined which means I’ve no brass to now fit that particular chamber / gun...which means another gun with new brass to start over.



She didn’t fall for it.

[Jarhead]

Tassie,

Try to add 30 ml oil in a frying pan, heat for 10 minutes then add some butter and salt.......and find your favourite dvd movie.........


Bahahaha. That really sucks.

[Skinna]

Look...i know this isnt funny...

...but...

I can just imagine the look on your face as you saw what happened & it all sank in...

Shame the new rifle didnt work...

Maybe have a second crack at it & say some of the dried out & media stuck in the barrel from a case caused a barrel bulge...

[Blr243]

Yes skinNa. The thought of any , unknown amount of Foreign material in there would concern me too ....if it were 4570 brass inspection and cleaning would be much simpler

[Ziege]

easy enough to clean out, just needs to be cleaned in an ultrasonic after some decent effort put in to clean the most of it off followed by a big ol rinse and dry

[Farmerpete]

Id probably go the other way to most and add more water, a shipload more water, multiple times. eventually you'd wash the cornstarch out and it wouldn't stick anymore.

[Bugman]

The media would call that a cornball situation
Sorry, but I just could't think of anything else to say.

[pomemax]

Did it come dry ok

[TassieTiger]

Did it come dry ok

Every single case - 200 of the little bastards - has been washed, re washed, tumble dried, compressed air and oven dried and I’m still staring at a shed load of cases and thinking to myself - have I missed anything...

Some of it LITERALLY went like glue. Even putting 30 psi into the flash hole, was not enough to blow out the s**t when wet.
If this had have happened with 223 cases or 260 - forget it. At least I can see inside the winmag cases - and that will be my last but next step - a 90” bent torch, a bent piece of wire and a close visual inspection of every single case...but luckily - I’ve got a new thing just turned up, detracting from my pain...when I get all this media back together? Next time I get drunk ? I may just empty it into my wife’s bloody ugh boots.

[Ziege]

ULTRASONIC CLEANER

[TassieTiger]

ULTRASONIC CLEANER

Had one - it literally did nothing that I could see to cases - it moved the water around and cleaned jewellery but did sfa to actually remove ANY crud from cases - so I pissed it off.

[Ziege]

well it would work in this instance,

[Ziege]

also what solution did you have in it??

[TassieTiger]

I used Supercheap parts washer liquid for ultrasonics - my machine used to heat the water to 50 degs and vibrate liquid to a froth but it wouldn’t move any crud whst so ever - even the primer hole carbon needed detailing after hours in sonic...so it was replaced by tumbler and apart from this errr mishap it’s been a very positive move...I generally use stainless pins and balls in tumbler and shine is like the sun and primer holes need barely a touch.

[Ziege]

i think wet tumblers with stainless media are the best solution personally, I dont have one but will soon enough

[TassieTiger]

I stayed with ultra for a long time but then more experienced eyes started pointing out flaws in brass that I was missing.
I know 3 people they have these and they work exceptionally well for the money;
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3KG-Rotary- ... %3A2334524

[eddievic]

With an ultrasonic you need soap and a slightly acidic solution. I use supercheap car wash and vinegar.

Don't you have the teslong borescope? Use that to check the inside of cases mate, if not get MM to post you his for a week. Save missing one case.

[TassieTiger]

Don't you have the teslong borescope? Use that to check the inside of cases mate, if not get MM to post you his for a week. Save missing one case.

Your not as silly as you look - I do have a scope...good idea.

[trekin]

With an ultrasonic you need soap and a slightly acidic solution. I use supercheap car wash and vinegar.

Don't you have the teslong borescope? Use that to check the inside of cases mate, if not get MM to post you his for a week. Save missing one case.

Thinking outside of the box. OK, where's our beloved eddi, what have you done with him??
Or, are we starting to rub off on you?
Or, is this the 'new covid normal' they're all now talking about?, people having to change their thinking and attitudes to how things should/can be done now.