RE: How long?
 

The media will last a long, long time Thousands of rounds can be cleaned. It's just gonna take longer and longer to get the finish you want, no big deal. I usually load my tumbler up and let it run all night anyway so when your tumbling for 6-8 hours anyway, it seems to last forever.

RE: How long?
 

The media in my tumbler has been in there for about 2 years and has hundreds and hundreds of rounds through it. It seriously needs to be changed but I dont see why I need to because usually after Ive shot the cartridges and prepped them for loading and all that good stuff, I have several days or weeks before I would have to use them. I threw in a few handfulls of new media the other day to kinda refresh it.

RE: How long?
 

I can't say for sure, but the electric you take to run for all night I bet I could buy a new batch of media cheaper.

RE: How long?
 

Now you're worried about the price of electricity???

RE: How long?
 

I don't worry about anything. I am explaining if you didn't read, there is may be no use in running a 50 dollar tumbler in the ground, wasting electricity, waiting 6 to 8 hours, possible noise problem of tumbling over saving 4 dollars in media. Seems like pure common sense.

Seems so simple to me its easy. But hey, its your crap, not mine. Run it straight for 100 hours for all I care. Could care less. Have at it.

RE: How long?
 

What kind of media do you use? You didn,t say. If you use brasso that brass polish mentioned will make your brass brittle,and i would advise not to use it.Its the ammonia in it that causes brass to go brittle. If anybody wondered,or uses it.

RE: How long?
 

I think you've got it right Mike, I've been using that method since the end of the late unpleasentness in SE Asia made walnut hulls unavailable at an affordable price. The governmet used it to clean the blades on the turbines in the Huey engines. There are several non ammonial polishes that boost the polishing power of whatever medium you use.[8D]