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brass tumbling film

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:01 pm
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?
icebox

Re: brass tumbling film

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:24 pm
by acloco
Switch to corncob media and NU Finish car wax.....your problems will go away.

Re: brass tumbling film

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:01 am
by Hotshot
Those guys from Nebraska are always pushing corn!

Re: brass tumbling film

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:26 am
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

Re: brass tumbling film

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:10 pm
by FireBallGuy
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.

Re: brass tumbling film

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:47 pm
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.