Where do you buy your media & what

[scrat]

Just that where do you buy your tumbling media and what are your secret recipes for tumbling.

 

[ocabj]

Crushed walnut shell @ Magnolia Bird Supply in Riverside (CA). $8 for 25lbs.

Just add Nu-Finish and Mineral Spirits if polish desired. Dryer sheet for dust.

 

[gwalchmai]

I use #24 grit walnut from Harbor Freight, mixed half & half with Desert Blend lizard litter from PetsMart. Add a capful of Nufinish car polish to each tumbler load while standing on one foot. My brass sparkles.

 

[TonyT]

Walnut shells for the samll calibers like 9mm, and cron cobs for the larger like 45 ACP. I purchase bopth from the pet supply stores.

 

[USSR]

Walnut shell media from any pet supply company. Spray the brass and media with non-ammonia Glass Plus glass cleaner and tumble for 1 hour.

Don

 

[RustyFN]

Walnut from the pet store. A little Nu Finish and a used dryer sheet cut up. Tumble for 2 hours, like new. Next I am going to try 50% walnut and 50% corn cob.
Rusty

 

[Steve C]

I use walnut shells from the pet store or dept store and add Midway or Dillon case polish to it.

 

[Jacka L Ope]

Corn cob & polish - Dillon.

 

[donttellthewife]

Walnut from the pet stores or Harbor Freight ( they sell it for sand blasting ) and Nu Finish car polish. For really nasty dirty brass I'll use the chrome polish that you would nomally use on a cloth wheel, just run the brick of it on a cheese grater to get a powder form of it and throw it in with the walnut media, works great.

I once needed to clean the tar off of surplus 30 cal projectiles so I used corncob and acetone, do this outside away from everything. Added the corncob and the projectiles, turned on the tumbler, added the acetone ( leave the lid off ), came back in 15 minutes after the acetone had evaporated and the projectiles were perfectly clean. This also made the inside of the tumbler clean as new.

 

[Shoney]

Pet store wallnut and corn cob media.

Wallnut for very dirty brass, corn cob for extrafine polish. Use any silicone based car"wax", I got about a lifetime supply of Turtle Wax at rubish sales for 10-25 cents per bottle.