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brass tumbling film

Post by iceboxdan »

i put my brass in the tumbler with walnut and some lyman brass polish . when there all done polishing they have a film of polish on them that i have ti wipe off . did i put to much polish in with the walnut shell ? do you guys us polish in your tumblers or not?
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Re: brass tumbling film

Post by acloco »

Switch to corncob media and NU Finish car wax.....your problems will go away.
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Re: brass tumbling film

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Those guys from Nebraska are always pushing corn!
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Re: brass tumbling film

Post by giterdone »

Some Walnut media will leave a lot of dust inside and outside of the case. After polishing my brass with W.M. I dump the media into a storage bucket and refill the polisher with corncob media sans polish for the final cleaning. YMMV
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Re: brass tumbling film

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I use lyman crushed walnut as well, my solution, wash your brass in hot soapy water and let air dry for a few days. Then work your cases as usuall. Works for me. I have founf the walnut does a much better job of actaully putting a shine back on my cases.
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Re: brass tumbling film

Post by Wrangler John »

Hate that red rouge film in the headstamp and extractor groove. I use this stuff, it doesn't leave any film. http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/819 ... -Additives

Or this stuff http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?p ... ber=541305 which works well.
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