dryer sheets

[JLDickmon]

tell me again what dryer sheets in your tumbler are for?

 

[Bula]

THey capture and retain the fine dust that builds up the media. It works.

 

[GerryG]

Used dryer sheets, cut into strips help reduce the dust from the tumbling media by trapping the dust particles.

 

[vtail]

They stop the bullets from clinging to each other and make them smell springtime fresh!

 

[rcmodel]

It makes your media & reloads smell Downey fresh!

Other then that, I couldn't tell it did much of anything when I tried it.

But then, when my media gets that dusty, it is worn out and replaced anyway.

rc

 

[blarby]

Prevents the static cling, so that when your cartridges are loaded, and you finish tumble loaded rounds, the powder is harmoniously balanced and suspended concentrically directly in front of the primer.

YMMV

Also, suspends fine dust and dirt in your tired media...making it appear cleaner, and thus more useful.

In actuality, when its that dark, most corn media types are much more round than acute on the granules, decreasing efficiency. Gently scrubbing away surface stains is much easier than burnishing them away.

Basically, go with what RC said if you don't use a two-step media process.

 

[ROCKFISH]

I use strips of toilet paper. They go in white and come out grey.

 

[ole farmerbuck]

I use strips of toilet paper. They go in white and come out grey.

Or brown? ha ha

 

[KansasPaul]

I almost exclusively use Lyman tumbler media (walnut shells with some additional product) and I usually put 4 or 5 whole dryer sheets (used of course) into the tumbler - it really keeps down dust (the sheets hold the dust residue) and seems to extend the interval between swapping out media.

Paul

 

[rsrocket1]

You should put used dryer sheets, not new ones. The open weave captures the walnut dust, soot and lead styphnate. NuFinish or mineral spirits help keep the stuff out of the air, but trap it to the surface of the walnut shells making them more and more black sooner.

Torn up paper towels work too, but not as well.
When you run a new batch of crushed walnut in the tumbler, the sheets come out a solid tan. After a while when most of the walnut dust has been removed, they come out a light or dark gray from the soot and primer dust depending on how many cases you clean.

 

[blarby]

Try and use new sheets paul- for me it trapped A LOT more of that stuff you are trying to remove. They just need to get crumpled up a lil to work.

 

[CHALK22]

I toss one in with the load, seems to work for me.

 

[JLDickmon]

I just tossed a couple Snuggle sheets in with some 45-70 brass.. didn't do much for removing the stains on some cases, but it did make the stains shiny.. also gave the brass a funky feel to it.. almost like some type of lubricant on them.. did make the media pour right of the case without dust remaining in the web...

which I guess is the point?

 

[Bush Pilot]

I use strips of toilet paper. They go in white and come out grey.

I use used sheets of Bounce, does this apply to TP as well?

 

[Fishslayer]

I use used sheets of Bounce, does this apply to TP as well?

USED drier sheets...

NEW TP...

 

[W.E.G.]

I tried them.

Didn't like them.

Went back to my previous practice of running the tumbler for a few minutes with the lid off (outdoors) between batches of brass. The fine particles that the dryer sheets supposedly capture will just waft away in the breeze.

 

[animator]

They stop the bullets from clinging to each other and make them smell springtime fresh!

This.



I've found that reloading is much more enjoyable when the brass still has that warm, fresh from the dryer feeling.

 

[4895]

I use those automotive paper towels from Sam's Club, yellow box with white cloth towels. Those cut into strips really absorb the nasties that loom in the tumbler. I have used dryer sheets and they work fine, however, I think any "automotive" grade cloth paper towel works better.

 

[bigfinger76]

I don't buy it. Of course paper put into the media will darken - it's dirty.

 

[788Ham]

I've never noticed mine being that dusty, I put the lid on, turn the sucker loose and when finished, I turn it off, no big deal.

 

[James2]

Tried dryer sheets. Seems a waste of time to me. It doesn't really do anything I could discover.

 

[evan price]

Works great for me. Extends the life of media between changes. But then I tumble more brass than most I imagine. I get a 'mud ring' around the top of the tumbler when the media is really dirty. The dryer sheets come out coal black sometimes. I find a water rinse of the brass gets the loose stuff off and the media stays cleaner. But the dryer sheets collect the dirt well.

 

[Blue68f100]

If your using the cheap pet media by all means you need them (cut drier sheets) to catch the dust. But if your using good media your dust will be low to nonexistant. With the addition of polish and cut up paper towels works just as good.

 

[Bud0505]

I used corn cob media for years and never saw the need to add dryer sheets. Just added case cleaner and it worked fine. I ran out of corn cob and bought some walnut blast media from Harbor Freight. It is dusty. I added dryer sheets which helped capture the dust. Also I poured the walnut media from one container to another several times outside on a windy day. That probably did as much or more as the dryer sheets to eliminate dust. If I live long enough to use up the walnut I will go back to corn cob.