What Grit Media Is Best For Brass Cleaning
The opinions expressed on TGO are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the site's owners or staff. Do you love spending time outdoors and collecting rocks and minerals? My rule of thumb, 20 hrs and pitch it. Our robot end-effector products are found in thousands of successful applications around the world. Advantages of using corn cobs for blasting include the elimination of masking, elimination of solvents and pollution concerns, non-sparking and non-toxic operation, non-silica content, and the fact that it is organic and biodegrable. I'm 100% happy with the 1/8" ground corncob which I buy from a local feed store. However, we get our best results from walnut media using a Thumler's UV-10 or a UV-18 vibratory tumbler. All you need to buy is dish soap and powdered citric acid. 04-30-2008, 11:42 AM. Dillon makes a great product, but I guess I'll have to try someone else. Jack:castmine: so I can:Fire: Then I go for a few:drinks: 05-02-2008, 08:49 PM. Next, they go into the cob for polishing before priming and charging. Gets the inside of the 45 and 44 cases very clean if I add a little Comet to the rice.
Ground Corn Cob Media
Media lasts for about two to three gallons of brass. By continuing to use this Forum you are confirming, under the law, the you are 18 year old or older. Ok, Christmas is coming every day now when "brown" drops off another box of loading stuff. Well after a bit over 24 hours of vibratory tumbling and those shells came out pretty dam clean. I think the walnut is a little more aggressive for cleaning, then afer re-sizing and priming I tumble in corn cob to get the lube off and polish. It will do about as good a job as you can get with walnut and the BonAmi is not going cause wear on your dies (it's used for cleaning glass).
Cleaning pipes and pumps in processing plants. Compare this at Midway at $13. I air dry on the old towels I mentioned. Not that I would ever drop a pin. This stuff is sold at Wally World, is cheap, & works. My Dillon is over 10 years old. I do a few things because of high lead from an indoor range. Was thinking about trying corn cob and see if it works better.
Walnut Vs Corn Cob Vibrating Media
Add about 4 caps full of mineral spirits and let it distribute evenly then add a couple of tablespoons of Bon Ami and toss in the cases. Well last week I squirted in a couple of squirts of "Mothers" metal cleaner. Using a polish is not required when using stainless steel brass cleaning media as you will be adding a dish detergent or commercial brass cleaning product. The TGO state flag logo and the TGO tri-hole "icon" logo are trademarks of Tennessee Gun Owners. Corn cob vs walnut media for vibratory Tumbler? With a solution for every surface, Rosler has the right deburring equipment & thousands of media types made in the USA to achieve optimum finishing results. Each material has a best use, working optimally on selected metals, plastics, or wood parts. I have an old Thumblers Tumbler rotary brass/rock polisher.......... Be sure to add enough water so that all of the rocks are covered. Jack:castmine: 05-01-2008, 09:31 PM. I'm not eating off of it, just reloading the stuff and hitting the range.
On the left is the brass tumbled in walnut- good but not great. I like my brass clean and shiny. Depending on how often you use it, your walnut shell media may last for several months or even years. Walnut shell is a much harder material than corn cob and it has sharper points and edges needed to abrade tarnish from the brass. Have never used corn cob, but I have also heard corn cob does a GOOD JOB POLISHING. TGO makes no claims, guarantees or assurances regarding any such transactions. The only problem I've had with stainless pin cleaning is that over time my brass dulls in color.
I pay about $16 for a forty-pound sack. And as for dry media sticking in primer pockets, I deprime all brass prior to tumbling with a decapper. Never fired, never primed. Even when there was only 1 chip in the flash hole, it was almost always wedged from the primer pocked side, so it wouldn't just poke through. I use my homemade tumbler to clean before depriming. I agree on the magnet, its a must. The question is: Based on this early testing is it best to clean with walnut first, deprime/size, then clean again to polish and remove lube with the corn cob and brass polish?
Corn Cob Vs Walnut Media Group
Both products are very light weight by bulk density. Ceramic media can provide heavier cutting on hard materials, such as steel. 5lbs of ss pins with the size I have. I pulled the brass out after 45 minutes and it was still slightly tarnished for those pieces that had heavy oxidation.
I add a small squirt of brasso or turtle wax etc to the media before tumbling with nut shells. They will allow you to use less tumbler time. Big bags / low bucks;=]. Your thoughts, please.. Jack:-? It will leave the brass slightly dull however. I use the Zilla brand of ground walnut you can get at Petsmart for something like ten bucks for ten pounds.
The 4th round blew the bottom of the case out at the head, blew the Th round back down into the mag. ATI Industrial Automation is the leading engineering-based world developer of robotic accessories and robot arm tooling, including Automatic Tool Changers, Multi-axis Force/Torque Sensing Systems, Robotic Deburring Tools, Robotic Collision Sensors, Rotary Joints, and Compliance Devices. This is not treated with any chemicals. What do you tumble with? Big Brother gave me a call after a blood test showed elevated blood levels. 6) only go to indoor ranges with good ventilation. Jerry, Thanks for the suggestion. I have been experimenting using many types of media for brass tumbling/vibrating equipment. We serve both domestic and international markets, so call Acme Manufacturing! So far still playing with it but, as rice is cheap, I'm not going broke. Well last week I squirted in a couple of squirts of "Mothers" metal cleaner.................... Maybe I should use some brasso? 3) ultrasonic clean with store solution and car wash&wax and then rinse and dry. Anyone used both and have a preference?