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brass cleaner [message #42737] Tue, 14 March 2017 14:55 Go to next message
wwkmag is currently offline  wwkmag
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I bought some brass that had been tumbled in walnut media? There is red dust on the inside. I tumbled the brass in corn cob media and it came out better. There is still some red dust or rouze? on the inside of the cases. Is there a easy way to clean the inside? If I do not clean the red stuff from inside the cases, will it effect the powder over time?

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Re: brass cleaner [message #42739 is a reply to message #42737] Tue, 14 March 2017 16:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The red is just dust from the walnut, put a dryer sheet in the media - a little non-ammonia base cleaner will help as well. You might try a blow dryer to get it out.

Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!

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Re: brass cleaner [message #42740 is a reply to message #42739] Tue, 14 March 2017 17:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wwkmag is currently offline  wwkmag
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thank you

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Re: brass cleaner [message #42815 is a reply to message #42740] Fri, 31 March 2017 11:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I tumble my real dirty brass in walnut first, then tumble in corn cob media to polish and remove walnut dust. Never seen the walnut residue as a problem myself.

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Re: brass cleaner [message #42819 is a reply to message #42815] Sat, 01 April 2017 09:39 Go to previous message
wwkmag is currently offline  wwkmag
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I was worried more about powder contamination over time

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