Cleaning Brass
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RE: Cleaning Brass
While we are on it. Which media do you guys use? I have been using corncob for years. But always get this dirty look after they sit for a while. I think the oils from the corncob is the problem. anybody esle use walnut? Does it do the same thing?
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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RE: Cleaning Brass
soaking your brass in some white vinigar will clean em up pretty nice... for me i resize and deprime.. then toss em in the tumbler with a mixture of walnut and corncob media.. sometimes i'll add some polish... i always clean primer pockets with a brush, just to clear em out and make sure no media is lodged in the flash hole... mine don't seem to tarnish up FWIW... but most of my brass is nickel plated... cept the 35 Whelen AI...
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: Cleaning Brass
I deprime and resize, use the RCBS liquid in my wet tumbler, rinse, shake out, set on tray in oven at 140 for about 15 minutes. Very easy and does a great job. Used to use cobs, tooo much mess and time, and didn't do near as nice of a job. I'm sure any liguid brass cleaner probably uses the same major ingredient. Tumbler is the RCBS Sidewinder.