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I agree with Oso, don't get carried away with tumble times. For dirty range pickup, etc I do a half hour with just a bit of Dawn soap, change the water and this time use Dawn + LemiShine. Too long or too much LemiShine and the cases are clean but have a dull lustre, not bright and shiny. Using warm tap water seems to work better as well.
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One thing I do after separating pins and rinsing brass is to lay all my brass on a bath towel on my work bench and then using my heat gun on low, I will run that over the brass while moving the brass around on the towel with one hand. Doing that for about 10 15 minutes has my brass nice and dry.
Inevitably, there will still be SS pins that fall out of the brass so I then just run my magnet over the towel and brass to pick up the rest of them. Wet tumbling definitely take a little longer than using a dry vibratory tumbler but the result is so much better it is well worth it. |
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I have never wet tumbled brass, just 15-20000 exhaust headers after ceramic coating, but, soft water filtered to 1 micron makes it come out much much nicer. I would just buy distilled water for wet tumbling, honestly. The soap works many times better and it will clean, cleaner and faster. Personally I think I would also rinse with distilled water after tumbling, but that's just my thoughts.
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For anyone that is new to wet tumbling the use of Lemi Shine makes for sparkling pretty brass just as long as you don't use to much of it. With Lemi Shine less is better than more. If you use even a little to much Lemi Shine it'll have a reverse affect on you brass and it'll actually come out looking dull and not bright. Ask me how I know. |
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__________________________________ Caveman logic - I can see where that would make sense if brass is clean. I can't imagine that the impurities in tap water are worse then the residue from combustion... No scientific basis, just gut feel based on how black the water is when done. In theory, the Lemi-Shine helps condition the tap water by binding with the minerals.... at least that's their marketing pitch. For the curious mind: The common components found in US tap water include minerals (Na, K, Ca, Fe, Mg, Cu, P, Zn) and trace levels of prescription medication (aspirin, birth control, blood thinners, cholesterol meds, depression meds, opiates, etc). |
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I've been wet tumbling for awhile now and find the chip media works the best. The chips do not get stuck in flash holes, ever.
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I would think that distilled water would be an advantage. I use the spotfree water filtration for the final rinse on my cars and I can attest to the fact that I just final rinse the cars and walk away. I'll have to give it try the next time I clean brass, The system is so effective that even the glass comes out spot free.
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I don't know why it would not be better, Moonshine is better distilled.
Could not help myself on that one.... no offense anyone. |
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Moorepower - that tumbler is perfect size!!! I have 5gal Buckets full of brass for tumbling!!! |
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