yhtomit
Member
Hi there!
Since the brass I've tumbled so far has come out obviously clean, free and grit etc, but not bright and shiny (as I'd really prefer), I picked up yesterday a small tub --10.5 oz --of polishing stuff called Turtle Wax Polishing Compound and Scratch Remover. (The description on the label seemed very similar to that on the more-expensive stuff called NuFinish, which I know many people here recommend as a polishing agent.)
However, I feel like I might at a Martian buffet: not sure what stuff of which consistency to put where or in what quantities. Do I just plop a glob (a teaspoon? as much as will fit on a putty knife? Three cubic centimeters?) in with the corncobs / walnut media and deprimed cases, and turn on the tumbler? Do I smear it on individual cases? Just not sure how to join in holy matrimony brass cases (solid, smooth), polish stuff (waxy, pasty) and polishing medium (granular, dry, loose) in a way that the goodness gets spread around the correct way.
Or did I buy the wrong sort of polish, like the time my dad put handwashing liquid into the dishwasher? (Imagine a large kitchen knee-deep in meringue.)
Thanks in advance for any insight!
Tim
Since the brass I've tumbled so far has come out obviously clean, free and grit etc, but not bright and shiny (as I'd really prefer), I picked up yesterday a small tub --10.5 oz --of polishing stuff called Turtle Wax Polishing Compound and Scratch Remover. (The description on the label seemed very similar to that on the more-expensive stuff called NuFinish, which I know many people here recommend as a polishing agent.)
However, I feel like I might at a Martian buffet: not sure what stuff of which consistency to put where or in what quantities. Do I just plop a glob (a teaspoon? as much as will fit on a putty knife? Three cubic centimeters?) in with the corncobs / walnut media and deprimed cases, and turn on the tumbler? Do I smear it on individual cases? Just not sure how to join in holy matrimony brass cases (solid, smooth), polish stuff (waxy, pasty) and polishing medium (granular, dry, loose) in a way that the goodness gets spread around the correct way.
Or did I buy the wrong sort of polish, like the time my dad put handwashing liquid into the dishwasher? (Imagine a large kitchen knee-deep in meringue.)
Thanks in advance for any insight!
Tim