Cleaned brass in wet tumbler dried and polished up a new way little walnut and tore off some never dull put it in let go workout great put a high polish on it
This was my default before moving onto wet tumbling.I mix up walnut shell and corn cob about 50/50 and then add some NuFinish.
This was my default before moving onto wet tumbling.
Since I now use it so seldom, my vib tumble is filled with roasted buckwheat groats
Wet or dry the contamination exists…if dry though, and you live in the desert, you can pretend the metal contamination doesn’t exist and you’re not polluting as it blows with the wind.Never saw the point in wet tumbling, except for rocks, which is also something I do. I live in a desert so dust isn't an issue, it's everywhere anyway, plus the tumbler is out in my shop. Dry tumble means I don't have to dry out my brass or figure out what to do with the waste water. I enquired with one gentleman about that and he told me he poured it down the drain, metal contamination and all.
Never saw the point in wet tumbling, except for rocks, which is also something I do. I live in a desert so dust isn't an issue, it's everywhere anyway, plus the tumbler is out in my shop. Dry tumble means I don't have to dry out my brass or figure out what to do with the waste water. I enquired with one gentleman about that and he told me he poured it down the drain, metal contamination and all.
No offense but I’ll need something in writing from an authoritative source before I accept this. I sneak out after dark and pour my tumbler water on @HowieG ’s yard.If you used Citric Acid in your water to wet clean your cases, dumping it down a city sewer drain is acceptable. In fact Citric Acid is what the sewer companies want you to treat your waste water from your tumblers with before dumping it.
Citric acid will change the heavy metals to something much less dangerous. One of our members worked for a city sewer system and told us this.
If treated with citric acid and you dump it in your own sewer system it will have the same effect as far as the lead goes but may upset the enzymes and bacteria in your septic tank that's doing the work, and do harm to your system. I've not seen any studies on the effect that waste water would have on a home septic system.
If you used Citric Acid in your water to wet clean your cases, dumping it down a city sewer drain is acceptable. In fact Citric Acid is what the sewer companies want you to treat your waste water from your tumblers with before dumping it.
Citric acid will change the heavy metals to something much less dangerous. One of our members worked for a city sewer system and told us this.
If treated with citric acid and you dump it in your own sewer system it will have the same effect as far as the lead goes but may upset the enzymes and bacteria in your septic tank that's doing the work, and do harm to your system. I've not seen any studies on the effect that waste water would have on a home septic system.
No offense but I’ll need something in writing from an authoritative source before I accept this. I sneak out after dark and pour my tumbler water on @HowieG ’s yard.
Like most things wet tumbling has advantages and disadvantages. I wet wet tumble for 2 hours and my brass comes our cleaner than 12 hours of dry tumbling. I can tumble a lot more per day by wet tumbling. Plus it gets the carbon off of the neck and case mouth and cleans the primer pocket where dry tumbling sometimes doesn't. As far as the dirty water goes, I just pour it down the drain. By the time it travels several miles to the treatment plant it has a lot more nasty stuff in it than the few gallons that I pour into it.
Nevr Dull contains ammonia.
I wouldn’t use it on fired casings. http://www.nevrdull.com/nevrdull_polish_SDS.pdf
Like most things wet tumbling has advantages and disadvantages. I wet wet tumble for 2 hours and my brass comes our cleaner than 12 hours of dry tumbling. I can tumble a lot more per day by wet tumbling. Plus it gets the carbon off of the neck and case mouth and cleans the primer pocket where dry tumbling sometimes doesn't. As far as the dirty water goes, I just pour it down the drain. By the time it travels several miles to the treatment plant it has a lot more nasty stuff in it than the few gallons that I pour into it.
I mix up walnut shell and corn cob about 50/50 and then add some NuFinish. The mix get's used in a Cabela's 400 vibe tumbler. I tumble brass before resizing for as long as necessary, and then for a short time after prep operations to remove lube.
Using ammonia on fired cases (even in small amounts) is a bad idea because you cannot accurately control or predict the long term effects. That’s why commercial cartridge case cleaners like Flitz advertise their product as ammonia free.Just because a product contains ammonia (or some other substance) doesn't automatically make it a hazard to brass. All components depend on the strength , and amount. The ammonia in Never Dull is less than 2.5 % of the entire product. The strength of it is unknown. It is wiped on, and not left on for a long time like dipping a case into liquid ammonia
Much like the use of ammonia solvents on Nickel plated guns. They can be used but not soaked or left on for a long period of time.
Using ammonia on fired cases (even in small amounts) is a bad idea because you cannot accurately control or predict the long term effects. That’s why commercial cartridge case cleaners like Flitz advertise their product as ammonia free.