Does anyone use one of these rotary tumblers for dry tumbling (NOT wet tumbling) with walnut or corncob media?
What's it like?
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northdude wrote:I use a vibrating one with corn media and a splash of brasso in it. Appaerently its a no no but i havnt had any bad effects..
northdude wrote:Curious about the stainless pins. Would it harden the brass kind of like shot piening?
northdude wrote:Curious about the stainless pins. Would it harden the brass kind of like shot piening?
rc42 wrote:I've heard that wet tumbling with stainless steel pins gets the cleanest brass inside and out but my current method works well enough that it's not worth the cost of changing it. Perhaps if I were cleaning more brass it would be.
I currently de-prime then ultrasonic, dry the brass and then give it several hours in a vibratory tumbler with some sort of walnut style media with added polish.
Brass comes out bright and shiny and doesn't start to tarnish for months, some primer pockets are still dirty but they all get checked to ensure the flash hole is clear of media so the worst ones get a hand clean.