Author Topic: Tumbler case media- ceramic (Read 515 times)

TDK · « **on:** December 25, 2004, 10:45:54 AM »

Purchased a tumbler and have tried the walnut shell and corncob, (from the pet store) with Iosso polish. If the cases are not too oxodized it works fairly well. But if the cases are really oxidized or some area of the case are worse than other spots it will not get them very clean. Would the ceramic media or any other media do a better job of cleaning the cases? Thanks.

Haywire Haywood · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2004, 11:44:40 AM »

I've never heard about ceramic media, but someone said that they were using plain uncooked rice as media and it worked well. I haven't tried it myself.

Ian

Graybeard · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2004, 12:11:38 PM »

Ceramic media is primarily for black powder guys. Needs large diameter straight wall cases only. NOT for bottle neck cases. I've never seen a case so bad that red rouge treated walnut hulls won't clean and polish EXCEPT when it's laid out in weather long time and darkened. Then ISSO liquid cleaner wil quickly make it bright again.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2004, 03:24:51 PM »

Chuck the case in an electric drill and hold a little 0000 steel wool against it........then tumble if necessary......

savageT · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2004, 04:08:12 PM »

Give a green Scotch-Brite pad a try on those tough spots with some warm soap and water. The old trick was SOS or Brillo pads w/ soap till Scotch-Brite came on the scene. There wasn't much that SOS wouldn't clean up!

As for ceramic media, I tried cat-liter and it didn't do any good. I would try the rice before giving up on the walnut shells and cleaner.

Jim

papajohn428 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2004, 12:33:33 PM »

I also made the mistake of trying cat litter.............HUGE mess. Turned back to clay, I think it took a week to get it off the brass. What a disaster.
Not one of my brighter ideas! :roll:

PJ

Questor · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2004, 05:34:20 AM »

I've seen ceramic media advertised, but it's quite expensive. There is also "pin" media, which is made of short steel pins, as if made of chopped up sewing pins.

If it's a question of tarnishing, there are a number of metal de-tarnishing chemicals that work amazingly well. My mother-in-law showed me one she used to on a collection of really old brass and silver buttons. The buttons were black with tarnish. She dipped them in the chemical, and it made them bright instantly. I can't recall the name of the product, but I understand that there are several competing products that work the same. I think it was "mister metal" or something like that. I just looked up one and it's called Tarn-X.

If it's corroded green, I'd throw them away and start with new brass.