Thumlers Tumbler question

[cgeorgemo]

What is your recipe when you are using a Tumbler for cleaning brass?

[missed]

I just use a dash of lemi shine and just enough water to get to the top of the media. It's probably a table spoonof lemishine. I have a shop built tumbler and run stainless media.

[Fusilier]

I use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon Lemishine and 2 tablespoons on Dawn liquid dish soap. I fill the tumbler up to within an inch of the top of the tumbler.

I've done thousands on .233, .308, 9mm and .40 S&W and I'm amazed at how clean they come out.

So clean that I'm dealing with a small problem loading .40 on my Dillon Square Deal B. I resize my pistol brass on a single stage press with a small base competition die before it gets run through the SDB. Since I have been using stainless steel media to tumble, my pistol brass has a habit of hanging up on the mouth flaring powder die. Next batch I'll have to try dry lubricant on the case mouths to see if it helps.


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[Smokey262]

I just use corn cob or walnut and let it run overnight or for a day or so. I do cut up a dryer sheet and toss it in there too to keep the dust down.

[devildogandboy]

toss in brass, I guesstimate how much looks right and add water up to 1 1/2" from top. as per instructions, 1/4 teaspoon of lemi-shine and around 2 tablespoons of cheap dish soap (Ajax).

comes out perfect every time!

[Nor Cal Mikie]

Dry? Corn cobb works best. No additives. (no rouge) Nothing left on the clean brass. Ready to resize. Or, same treatment to remove the lube after resizing.
Wet? SS media, a little dish soap and make sure you don't overload the drum with too much brass. Water lever close to the top.

[cgeorgemo]

I think I need to increase the amount of water based on your recipes. I got a huge load of suds in mine without using much water.
What method do you guys use to dry the SS media once you're done tumbling?

[missed]

I have some real fine stainless screen that I rinse mine off on and let dry.

I have switched to dishwasher soap so I don't have the suds.

I want one of the STM media separators but haven't ordered one.

[Robbieg19]

I use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon Lemishine and 2 tablespoons on Dawn liquid dish soap. I fill the tumbler up to within an inch of the top of the tumbler.

I've done thousands on .233, .308, 9mm and .40 S&W and I'm amazed at how clean they come out.

So clean that I'm dealing with a small problem loading .40 on my Dillon Square Deal B. I resize my pistol brass on a single stage press with a small base competition die before it gets run through the SDB. Since I have been using stainless steel media to tumble, my pistol brass has a habit of hanging up on the mouth flaring powder die. Next batch I'll have to try dry lubricant on the case mouths to see if it helps.


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I too noticed a problem with brass sticking to the powder funnel after I switched to wet tumbling. I polished the powder funnel and that helped but to keep it from sticking at all I have a paper towel that I spray some hornady one shot on and wipe it on the powder funnel about every 50 rounds or so.

[blt65]

I use about a teaspoon of lemishine and about five drops of Dawn and fill just till water covers the case. To seperate the media from the brass I use my old media seperator but I put a towel in the bottom. I rinse as I tumble and all the media drops out on the towel. I then leave the tumbler out in the AZ sun for a few hours and pull the towel out with all my SS media and dump in back in the tub. I use a strong magnet to pick up the stray media that might have fell out.

[missed]

I too noticed a problem with brass sticking to the powder funnel after I switched to wet tumbling. I polished the powder funnel and that helped but to keep it from sticking at all I have a paper towel that I spray some hornady one shot on and wipe it on the powder funnel about every 50 rounds or so.

I have been rinsing the media and brass and putting lemishine rinse in with a full load of water and dump and dry and I have not had the powder sticking. I think the sticking is from left over greasy lubricants.