Brass tumbling additives what are you using?

[G0nefishin]

Hey you guy's!
What is everyone using when they're wet tumbling brass with stainless steel pin's? Nothing, just pins & water, just soap?
Blue dawn & lemishine seems to be the go too anyone else use something different?

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[P7M13]

1 tbsp of Dawn
1/4 cup of Meguires wash & wax
1/4 cup of lemon juice

 

[Certaindeaf]

monkeyshines and spit, you know, the usual

 

[hawmanai]

Dawn dish soap and amazon.com/Milliard-Citric-Acid (takes place of lemons and is easily stored)

 

[Papercidal]

I've tried most of the home made mixes and all work but brass juice is absolutely worth it. 1oz to a full tumbler of hot water will get outdoor range pickups looking new in 1/2 hr. I do use stainless pins with it

BRASS JUICE CASE WASH

No Stainless Steel Media Required Designed for use with sonic cleaner and rotary tumblers Removes fouling, tarnish and oxidation from brass cases Cleans cases inside and out including primer pockets Made in the USA Brass Juice Case Wash is formulated to remove carbon buildup, tarnish and...

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[Hemlock]

Warm water, Dawn dish soap, Finish Jet Dry auto dishwasher additive. Finish prevents spots and promotes drying.

 

[1911Fanatic]

What should I use with a vibratory tumbler?

 

[G0nefishin]

What should I use with a vibratory tumbler?

I use to use cord cob & a drop or two of brass polish kinda helped cut down on the dust as well

 

[HighlandLofts]

When using the larger Frankford rotory tumbler with the two end caps i fill up drum about 3/4 full of brass.
Add hot tap water,
then I add 1/4 teaspoon of LemiShine Booster
A cap full of ArmorAll Wash n Wax,
A small squirt of Dawn dish soap.
Tumble for an hour,
then drain & fill the tumble drum back up a couple of times & drain off the dirty water.
Fill the drum back up with hot tap water and add a cap full of ArmorAll wash & Wax.
Run the tumbler for fifteen minutes.
Drain the water off and proceed to dry the brass by what ever method works for you.
I have a dillion media seperator, it removers all of the pins.
Then i put the brass on my drying racks that I made.
If you deprime the brass before you tumble the primer pockets will come out absoslutly clean.
I use the Frankford hand depriming tool.

 

[HighlandLofts]

If your brass comes out dingy looking after wet tumbling it, cut back on the LemiShime.
A little bit goes a long ways.
Depending on your water Ph will detemine how much to use.
We have cty water and a 1/4 teaspoon of LemiShine works for me.
My brother has well water and he has to use about 1/8 teaspoon, if he goes up to 1/4 teaspoon his brass comes out slightly tarnised looking.
Still reloadable but not nice and shiny like it should be.

 

[ActBlueDonor]

Car soap with wax. Pinch of lemishine.

Run once. Cold water. Turn the dial and walk away. Come back 3 hours later and rinse.

Hot water expands the air in the drum and makes it more prone to leaking.

 

[HighlandLofts]

Hot water expands the air in the drum and makes it more prone to leaking.

I have two of the larger Franford Rotory tumblers with the two end caps and the smaller Frankford Arsonal Lite rotory tumbler with the single cap. I alway use hot tap water 100% of the time, no leaks and absolutly clean brass.

Hot water might destroy the cheaper versions of wet tumbkers, but the Frankford Tumblers are built like a tank.
i did buy a American Metelic wet tumbler and the electric motor took a dump.
The drum is just as cheap.
The Harbor Freight tumblers are cheap as well and not worth the room they take up.

I made a FART WRENCH to loosen the cap on my Frankford Rotory drums.

 

[RVTECH]

The Harbor Freight tumblers are cheap as well and not worth the room they take up.

I beg to differ.

Been using one for about 9 years now and other than a couple minor issues (easily resolved) it has served me well!

 

[ActBlueDonor]

I have two of the larger Franford Rotory tumblers with the two end caps and the smaller Frankford Arsonal Lite rotory tumbler with the single cap. I alway use hot tap water 100% of the time, no leaks and absolutly clean brass.

Hot water might destroy the cheaper versions of wet tumbkers, but the Frankford Tumblers are built like a tank.
i did buy a American Metelic wet tumbler and the electric motor took a dump.
The drum is just as cheap.
The Harbor Freight tumblers are cheap as well and not worth the room they take up.

I made a FART WRENCH to loosen the cap on my Frankford Rotory drums.

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cool. i use a strap wrench.
I prefer not to torque it down to 700 lb/ft. Plastic only gives so many times before it fatigues.

Also, hot water negates the wax. Wax in the soap doesn't stick as well to the brass with hot water.

To each their own. I also spit in mine. Do you?

 

[Dungannon]

I have the large and small Franklin tumblers, but only use the large one after taking the grandsons shooting [way more brass to clean than when it's just me]. Cold water for 15 minutes then drain the dirty water out, refill with lukewarm water/pins/dishwasher soap and a bit of lemishine for 2-3 hours. Towel dry and leave in the sun on hot days, otherwise dry in a repurposed dehydrator.

 

[Nwcid]

For rifle cases de-prime, for pistol primers in place since they go through the progressive.

Hot water and a shot of Dawn and tumble for a couple of hours. If the water is terribly dirty I will typically do an overflow rinse, ad fresh soap and water and run for a short bit.

This method works just fine and uses stuff I already have around the house, no extra steps/stuff.

 

[HighlandLofts]

When we hsd a dry spell on gun related stuff before TRUMPS first time in office i bought and sold over three tons of brass all over the country.
Plus all of our brass we use. You will never get that much use out of Harbor Freights chinese tumblers.

When I got my first Frankford Rotary Tumbler I took a load of brsss thst I tumbled in a dry tumbler with walnut media for two hours.
I then put that dry tumbled brass in the wet tumbler amd tumbled it for forty-five minuts. That water came out black as black could be.

So there was a lot of carbon and other crude left on the cases from the dry tumbler.

If you are going to tumble why not get the brass as clean as you can.

 

[DizzyJ]

I've done several different home made concoctions with Lemishine, Dawn and other wash and wax car soaps but to be honest, the Frankfort packets seem to do an outstanding job!

 

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What is everyone using when they're wet tumbling brass with stainless steel pin's? Nothing, just pins & water, just soap?
Blue dawn & lemishine seems to be the go too anyone else use something different?

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[Hemlock]

If your brass comes out dingy looking after wet tumbling it, cut back on the LemiShime.
A little bit goes a long ways.
Depending on your water Ph will detemine how much to use.
We have cty water and a 1/4 teaspoon of LemiShine works for me.
My brother has well water and he has to use about 1/8 teaspoon, if he goes up to 1/4 teaspoon his brass comes out slightly tarnised looking.
Still reloadable but not nice and shiny like it should be.

LemiShine is an acid. Why are you putting acid on your brass?