Walnut Kitty Litter Tumbler Media

[robMaine]

So I was at the local pet store looking for Lizard Litter and they didn't have it. They did however have a bag of walnut kitty litter called Purr & Simple. Any ever used it? It seems to be mostly just crushed walnut shells. I am going to test it out and will report back.

 

[JRH6856]

Good luck. Most of the walnut, corn and wheat based kitty litters have clumping agents added. Not sure what effect that will have.

 

[Sam1911]

I've tried some of the litter materials and found the grains to be much too large to do a good job. Maybe if these are smaller than the usual granule size of pet litter they'll work fine.

 

[robMaine]

That is what sold me on these, they are very small. Not like the Hartz corn that gets stuck everywhere...

 

[mbopp]

I picked up some Zilla walnut litter that seems to do a good job. It's not dusty either.

 

[jmorris]

I have tried just about everything at one time or another. From a kitty litter experiment gone wrong I wouldn't touch anything that has "kitty" in the name...unless I wanted to make pave stone.

 

[Waywatcher]

I've tried some of the litter materials and found the grains to be much too large to do a good job. Maybe if these are smaller than the usual granule size of pet litter they'll work fine.

The Lizard litter I use (which I found at PetSMART) is small enough to go through the flashhole on .38 specials and .223 (A slow pour like an hourglass). It does a great job and I like it very much. I check flashholes every time and I tumble a fair amount of brass. I would estimate that 1 in 5000 cases gets a little piece wedged in the flash hole. (It happened twice in the last year.)

 

[Oklacoyotekiller]

let us know how it works. may try

 

[robMaine]

Massive Failure, do not try, very dusty and it isn't really crushed walnut but walnut pellets crushed down. Oh well, back to Lizard Litter for me.

 

[Oklacoyotekiller]

thanks for info
cat, the other white meat!

 

[evan price]

There's a post I put up last year I think, about the best deal for the Zilla walnut being a place on Amazon.com, even once shipping is added in. Price comparable to the Drillspot corncob. Search my posts and you'll find it.

 

[Blue68f100]

I still do not under stand why persons use pet products for a blast/cleaning media. The raw product used is waste after the good stuff has been used.

 

[jack44]

I bvought some litter at pet smart thats corn cob TO BIG TO WORK 7.95 down the deain but it soaked up tranny fluid I spilled!

 

[Hondo 60]

The best corncob is 20/40 media from drillspot.
$26.93 for a 40# bag, delivered to your door (no shipping charge)
It's small enough to move through the flash hole.

http://www.drillspot.com/products/521055/econoline_526040g-40_40_lbs_blast_media

 

[evan price]

Blue, try the Zilla walnut. Fine grained, low dust, good stuff.