Just a little heads up. I thought I'd pass along a bit of a mistake I made with my polishing media (fine ground corn cob). When I went to add some Turtle Wax, it sort of went "glug". My mistake for not pouring it into the cap first. Anyway, now the media is quite airy and just sort of vibrates around. It doesn't do the up the walls and down into the middle thing anymore. It still polishes but not as well as it did before.
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ocabj
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Chuck the media. Corn cob and walnut is cheap via the pet / animal supply stores.
ReloaderFred
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It sounds like you're using the 1/4" size corn cob, instead of the 1/8". Ask your store if they will order you a 40 pound sack of the 1/8" size, since it comes from the same supplier. I currently pay $15.50 per bag.
At the risk of sounding like a heretic, I've used just about every compound known to man to polish brass, and wax isn't the best. I've tried the NuFinish, and about every other brand, but you can't beat the products that are designed for the purpose of polishing cartridge brass.
The very best is liquid Flitz, but it's expensive. It doesn't take as much as regular polish, and it works faster, but it still costs more. The second best is IOSSO. The rest pretty much fall together, with Berry's, Midway and Dillon all being about the same, which is good.
As for media, I prefer ground corn cob to all others. I've used ground walnut shell, but it doesn't leave the brass as bright as the corn cob. I've also experimented with other types of media, but none have worked as well as corn cob and walnut shells. Corn cob is porous and absorbs the impurities, while walnut shells are non-porous and clean by friction. There is a certain amount of friction involved with the corn cob, but not to the same extent as walnut.
Hope this helps.
Fred
At the risk of sounding like a heretic, I've used just about every compound known to man to polish brass, and wax isn't the best. I've tried the NuFinish, and about every other brand, but you can't beat the products that are designed for the purpose of polishing cartridge brass.
The very best is liquid Flitz, but it's expensive. It doesn't take as much as regular polish, and it works faster, but it still costs more. The second best is IOSSO. The rest pretty much fall together, with Berry's, Midway and Dillon all being about the same, which is good.
As for media, I prefer ground corn cob to all others. I've used ground walnut shell, but it doesn't leave the brass as bright as the corn cob. I've also experimented with other types of media, but none have worked as well as corn cob and walnut shells. Corn cob is porous and absorbs the impurities, while walnut shells are non-porous and clean by friction. There is a certain amount of friction involved with the corn cob, but not to the same extent as walnut.
Hope this helps.
Fred
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Like ReloaderFred I've fallen off the NuFinish alter too...Going back to my fine ground corncob and chromium oxide media.
(Nu Finish + used dryer sheet) X 2 hours = New Looking Brass!!
Gentlemen:
I don't know what you are doing wrong or what I am doing right but liquid Flitz or IOSSO would have to cut my tumble time down to one hour and produce brass as shinny as new to beat Nu Finish. I tumble all my brass for two hours, my tumbler is on a fixed timer, and it come out as shinny as brand new brass. I have even picked up range brass that has been tarnished and out in the weather for an extended period of time and it comes out clean and shinny.
Here is the process I use and I swear by it:
I swear two hours and the brass comes out looking brand new and the cost is great! I can't take credit for this recipe I got right here off this site. It also appears that the dryer sheet is keeping the media clean. I use to change media about every 1,000 rounds just because it was dirty and not doing a good job cleaning the brass after four hours of tumbling. Now that I am using this recipe my media so far has processed about 5,000 rounds and it still looks like the new stuff in the bottle.
Gentlemen:
I don't know what you are doing wrong or what I am doing right but liquid Flitz or IOSSO would have to cut my tumble time down to one hour and produce brass as shinny as new to beat Nu Finish. I tumble all my brass for two hours, my tumbler is on a fixed timer, and it come out as shinny as brand new brass. I have even picked up range brass that has been tarnished and out in the weather for an extended period of time and it comes out clean and shinny.
Here is the process I use and I swear by it:
- I use a 50/50 mix of corn cob and Lyman Tuff Nut
- After two hour of tumbling I remove the brass and used pieces of dryer sheet.
- I add about an ounce or so of Nu Finish to the media, actually I just pour a ring of Nu Finish.
- Run the tumbler for 3-4 minutes to mix up the Nu Finish with the media.
- I thenadd a used dryer sheet cut into 6-8 pieces.
- Then I put the tumbler up until the next time I need it and it is ready to go.
I swear two hours and the brass comes out looking brand new and the cost is great! I can't take credit for this recipe I got right here off this site. It also appears that the dryer sheet is keeping the media clean. I use to change media about every 1,000 rounds just because it was dirty and not doing a good job cleaning the brass after four hours of tumbling. Now that I am using this recipe my media so far has processed about 5,000 rounds and it still looks like the new stuff in the bottle.
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