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tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19917]

Fri, 22 February 2013 09:40

wwkmag
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I have beeen reading that car polish for brass and a dryer sheet for cleaning the media afterwards works great.

My question is does,the car polish residue affect powder or primer
after any length of time. [years] My reloads do not get used up for a few years sometimes.
Also if you do rinse brass off, what do you use?

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Re: tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19919 is a reply to message #19917]

Fri, 22 February 2013 11:11

Crubear
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I can vouch for the dryer sheets, I put them in while I'm cleaning though. They're still picking up a few decades of dirt.

I've read a couple threads on other sites about using liquid polish in the media, not sure about the long term, but make sure it absolutely DOES NOT have ammonia in it. Ammonia does very bad things to brass. Can't see how it would hurt though, it isn't oil based and will help prevent corrosion during long term storage.

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

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Re: tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19945 is a reply to message #19919]

Fri, 22 February 2013 21:52

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I use midway liquid polish in my media, a couple of cap fulls. Works great, after loading is complete. I use a small amount of brasso and the shells stay pretty for years as long as no finger oils get on them.

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Re: tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19946 is a reply to message #19919]

Fri, 22 February 2013 22:06

cajuntec
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Crubear wrote on Fri, 22 February 2013 11:11

I can vouch for the dryer sheets, I put them in while I'm cleaning though. They're still picking up a few decades of dirt.

Crubear,
Could you explain the dryer sheet thing? How do you use it, and what is it for?
All the best,
Glenn

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Re: tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19952 is a reply to message #19946]

Fri, 22 February 2013 23:51

Crubear
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Cut old dryer sheets into strips and just drop them in. They pick up dirt and dust from the media, lots of dirt and dust. It also cuts down on the static electricity.

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

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Re: tumbling media polish and cleaner [message #19970 is a reply to message #19952]

Sat, 23 February 2013 15:15

wwkmag
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Thank you everyone for the great info!...WWKMAG

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