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January 22, 2008
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Good Afternoon Guys,
I have a couple of questions... I bought a tumbler from a guy at my gun club sometime back and it came with some media already in it. So first how long does it take to clean really dirty tarnished brass? Second, should I be putting some type of additive in there as well to speed up the process?
Thanks, Jody
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May 2, 2009
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On range brass, I just turn mine on before bed and shut it off in the morning. I have two tumblers--one is the prep tumbler with used media, the other is final polish with fairly new media and some polish.
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January 22, 2008
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Thanks Shoot... I'll throw my 357 SM Brass in tonight and see what it looks like in the morning.
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February 9, 2009
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Ditto to Shoots comments. I also keep dirtier media for range brass first cleaning. I use corn cob meal for the final cleaning if required. I havebeen known to forget my tumbler is on for two days. makes some real clean brass though
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February 15, 2009
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When you need media you can get crushed walnut shells at a pet store for cheap. Ask for lizard bedding. An inexpensive cleaner/polisher is Nu Finish car wax. I use Meguirs Gold Class.
January 22, 2008
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Lyman has ceramic tumbler media that does an excellent of cleaning and polishing brass. Add in some tumbler cleaning solution and your set. I get the later from Cabalas (called "Tumble Bright") in concentrate form.
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December 12, 2009
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Never thought of Lizard bedding at a pet store, Thanks for the tip.
October 1, 2009
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I've always used corn cob media with lyman tumbler charging solution , I can't remember the name right now, but it is green & can be bought at any store that carrys reloading supplys
I gotta go & clean my lizard now..
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February 25, 2009
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Corn cob media and Frankford Arsenal Brass case polish. I add a teaspoon each time I tumble, works great.
I tumble 5-6 hours for most cases. The dirty ones need more. I installed a 12 hour timer on the outlet in the basement. Set the timer and forget about it. Brass is clean in the morning.
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February 9, 2009
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OK, maybe I'll regret ever stating this one but here goes.
After the media cleaning my dad used to dump the media into a spare container, take three or so old socks, any other rag can work but socks are great. Put the brass and socks in the tumbler for about two hours. After done you'll have shiny brass and black socks. Makes the shiniest brass I have ever loaded. When you go to bed and forget it overnight, its even shinier in the morning 
Now let the jokes begin
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January 22, 2008
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SMF, I'll have to give that a try. The 357SM brass I bought was pretty tarnished and since I didn't know how old the media I had was I bought some Hornady 050300 One Shot Tumbler Media.
Turned it on last night and let it run until this morning. The 357SM brass I bought was pretty tarnished. This seems to do the trick.
I'm wondering if the socks we make your media last longer since they are picking up a lot of the grime? Just a thought...
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May 2, 2009
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I know on really dirty brass I will actually get a build up of grime on the bottom of the tumbler -- I usually scape it out.
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November 28, 2009
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we used to use pecan shells. I don't know where my dad got them but that is what we used for our range brass.
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January 24, 2009
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I have zero experience thus far, but I've read that pecan shells can make a lot of dust...or was that just one guy's experience?
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May 2, 2009
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I've used walnut and pecan... The biggest problem with pecan was sometimes there was actual nut in the mix and it tended to get in the cases and stick there. they both polish well.
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November 17, 2008
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Supermagfan said:
OK, maybe I'll regret ever stating this one but here goes.
After the media cleaning my dad used to dump the media into a spare container, take three or so old socks, any other rag can work but socks are great. Put the brass and socks in the tumbler for about two hours. After done you'll have shiny brass and black socks. Makes the shiniest brass I have ever loaded. When you go to bed and forget it overnight, its even shinier in the morning
Now let the jokes begin
Ill bet the misses thinks the dryer is eating the socks.
LB
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February 9, 2009
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Thanks LBruce, I can't believe it went this long, thanks for not dissapointing.
Maybe that is why we have so many mismatched socks in the house?
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