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What you get when you turned on your tumbler at 1:00 PM and remembered about it at around 10:00 PM that night!!
Sunglasses please!

Don't know what tumbling system you are using but here is two hours with water, vinegar & pins!

Wow, those are shiney!! Best keep the Ray Bans handy.

I use crushed walnut shells and usually run it 2 1/2 hours....when I don't forget!

Cowboy bling.

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:42 pm

I use crushed walnut shells and usually run it 2 1/2 hours....when I don't forget

same here .... specially the forget part

I have The Lyman (pumpkin) vibrating cleaner and a lot of the crushed walnut shells. My late friend left me an ultrasonic cleaner and twenty minutes in it and my brass is good to go. I use a few drops of Dawn and some Lemi Shine .

FYI-

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You'll be able to find them if they are laying in the leaves! Do you have to blow the media out of the casings afterwards or does it just fall out?

I hand polish each piece of brass with Brasso one at a time.

or does it just fall out?

It's a good idea to rinse the brass after tumbling to remove any remaining media and dust.

I hand polish each piece of brass with Brasso one at a time.

You might want to seriously consider a tumbling system.
I recommend liquid with pins.

I have a couple hundred going in the tumbler today...another hour or so and good to go.

Nothing prettier than a batch of bright shinny brass ( well, almost ).

Oh ya, that's what I'm talkin' about...

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I can't hold back any more. I like shiny brass!

I just put a few drops of brass polish in tumbler. Works pretty good. Walnut media.
That's about 500 in my reload drawer.

One has to be careful about using any kind of brass polish that has ammonia in it as too much of it can weaken the brass.

Good point. Will check it.

I set a timer on mine just in case I forget. Trouble is I use a 24 hour time so It will start again the next day.

That's why I add the auto polish, New Finish, to my media sometimes. I like them shiny too.