tumbling polish

[lgbloader]

It's funny 'cause for the longest time, I had a bottle of Nufinish in the laundry room and when my last bottle ran dry in the garage, I remembered about the one in the laundry room. I went to get it and my wife was in there and she said, "Oh good, you're gonna wax your car" and I said, "Nope, I just need to clean some brass". and she said

Drinks all around...

 

[rg1]

Dillion Rapid Polish 290 is all I use with my corn cob media. Cuts vibrating time more than half. I hate walnut media as it cakes up on cases, especially inside the case neck, when removing case lube plus it's dusty. With the Dillion polish and corn cob I don't think you'll need walnut media.

 

[madscientist69]

I use some scratch out car polish that I found in the closet.

Works pretty good so far.

 

[RustyFN]

So I am sort of up and running as a newbie (and mildly incompetent) reloader here.Welcome

I'm trying to tumble brass now... I bought a tumbler, and media seperator, and cleared some space in the garage for the task. I am currently using untreated walnut media (err... bird cage litter).
I use the same media and it works great for me

Do you guys recommend a liquid brass polish or not?
Be very careful what you use. You want to avoid anything with ammonia, it will weaken the brass. I use Nu Finish car polish. You also don't want to use anything that is a wax.

My tumbler's owner's manual says that I should tumble once to clean first, then size and decap the brass, then tumble again to polish and remove case lube.
That's what I do and it works good for me. The second time you tumble to remove the lube you only need to tumble for 5 to 10 minutes. I only do that for rifle loading, I don't see a need to lube pistol cases.

I know that commercially made reloading-specific polishes are made... But, can you guys recommend anything else that works just as well, at perhaps a lower price. I always like to know when something is available at Wally World that works just as well (particularly since I work strange hours, and they are open 24-7-364
I use Nu Finish car polish. I add 1/2 to 3/4 cap full. Run for about 5 minutes to let it mix. Then I add the brass and a paper towel cut into 10 or 12 pieces to help keep the media clean and last longer.

I get the Nu Finish at a bargain store for around $2. That is much cheaper than most other polishes you will find. I hear Flitz will get the brass shinier but the Nu Finish gets them shiny enough for me.



Hope this helps.
Rusty

 

[moooose102]

try to convince my wife that I need just one more tool

THERE IS NO SUCH THING!!! you'll be buying "just one more tool" for the rest of your life! just get used to it!!!!!

 

[Synergy]

I use white rice, mix in a few squirts of this: let it mix with the rice then add my brass. I found my rice lasts longer if I tumble first with rice/wicked then to remove any residue and give a high polished shine I tumble in plain rice.

I can run 500-700 .45 cases with Wicked polish before changing the rice. I just use the old plain 2nd batch of rice for the Wicked and start a new tub of fresh rice.

Plus rice is available anywhere and still very cheap. Wicked does not contain any ammonia.

http://wickedproducts.com/wickedshop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=23

 

[jcwit]

Try some used Fabric soffener sheets or a paper towel cut up in 1 to 2 in pieces. Polishing 500 to 700 cases and then changing? Man I'd be changing all the time, thats one days shooting and I shoot 2 to 3 times a week.

 

[RustyFN]

I use white rice, mix in a few squirts of this: let it mix with the rice then add my brass. I found my rice lasts longer if I tumble first with rice/wicked then to remove any residue and give a high polished shine I tumble in plain rice.

I can run 500-700 .45 cases with Wicked polish before changing the rice. I just use the old plain 2nd batch of rice for the Wicked and start a new tub of fresh rice.

Thanks for the info, I always wondered how good the rice worked. Too bad it doesn't last longer. I buy crushed walnut at WalMart 7# for $3 and change. The first batch lasted me a year and cleaned around 10,000 to 12,000 cases.
Rusty

 

[jagugator]

Half walnut, half corn cob (both pet store bought) a couple cap fulls of dillon polish, although I think I am going to try Flitz, and a strip of dryer sheet. Man do they come out nice.

 

[Rico567]

I'm using exclusively corn cob media now. For years I used walnut to get the dirt off, followed by corn cob with polish to put that "factory" shine on them. Now I"m less picky; I use the corn cob media from Pet Smart. Sold as bedding it's a lot cheaper than the same stuff sold as polishing media. It's more uneven in size, but my Frankford Arsenal sifter from Midway gets it our anyway. For polish I just use the cheap Turtle Wax polish from Auto Zone. The dryer sheet dodge works well to absorb the dirt from the media.