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Offline sealer

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« on: January 14, 2004, 05:49:52 AM »
when i finish tumbling my hulls,they are completly covered with a heavy dust. is my media worn out or does it just need to be cleaned? any suggestions as to how to fix this problem?
thanks,dennis
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2004, 05:53:47 AM »
sealer - I would think new media should help.  Is your's corn cob or walnut.  I use the stuff from Dillon and I've not had the problem you describe.  HTH.  Mikey.
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2004, 10:19:36 AM »
The stuff doesn't last forever and isn't expensive - dump it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2004, 10:46:03 AM »
Remember that dust is high in toxics like lead (Pb). Not good to breath or touch.

In the rodent bedding department of pet stores you can find crushed corn or walnut. Very cheap.
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2004, 11:44:13 AM »
Hello Sealer,

The corncob or walnut shell last almost forever but most of this stuff cleans best when it is mixed with rogue (a red powder) for polishing metal. If you cleaning media is red than it is a good bet that it has rogue in it. It is this rogue that comes off as a dust and washing your cases with warm soapy water will get rid of it but if it is allowed to stay it will collect on the inside of the cases at the shoulders and get baked on with each shot fired and causing the internal case capacity to decreases and causing the pressure of the load to increase to the point of an overload.

I too would not inhale it.

Donna
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2004, 02:27:46 PM »
Quote from: Donna
Hello Sealer,

The corncob or walnut shell last almost forever but most of this stuff cleans best when it is mixed with rogue (a red powder) for polishing metal. If you cleaning media is red than it is a good bet that it has rogue in it. It is this rogue that comes off as a dust and washing your cases with warm soapy water will get rid of it but if it is allowed to stay it will collect on the inside of the cases at the shoulders and get baked on with each shot fired and causing the internal case capacity to decreases and causing the pressure of the load to increase to the point of an overload.

I too would not inhale it.

Donna


Donna,
I believe the word is "rouge", a hydrated powder of ferric oxide as in the cosmetic used on ladies faces to color their cheeks.  I recall that a rouge stick is applied to buffing wheels to polish soft metals such as brass and copper.  All I remember is using some liquid, oily cleaner added to the corn media.  Don't really think you are dealing with any amount of lead dust though.  I would say most of the dust is coming from the corn husk material.

Jim
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2004, 08:02:05 PM »
Hello savageT,

However it is spelled I don’t care, I obviously conveyed the meaning I had intended. Other than being some type of oxide and polishing metal the various application I do not know of nor do I care to know. If this is the same “rouge”, and I thank you for the spelling but I doubt it will do any good for reasons unknown to you, that I put on my face then more power to it. No one said anything about lead dust; heavy dust could mean thick dust.

Hello sealer,

Anyways, I use a nice polishing media from “Sinclair International” “CaseBrite Treated Media” #CB-1 in a 5-lb bag. There is nothing on the media to come off that I can tell and when it starts to turn brown it is time to change the media. This is the best stuff I have ever used along with the Iosso Case Cleaner #07-10402 or the kit #07-10400.

Donna :wink:
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2004, 01:11:19 PM »
sealer  I use plain long grain rice to shine up brass in my tumbler  If your brass is real dirty this will work very well and it is cheap. Al.
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2004, 02:50:25 PM »
Put me down as a second vote for the rice. Cheap and works very well.
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2004, 05:48:23 PM »
I've found that dust to be very abrasive to sizing dies so I now dump my brass out of the tumbler onto an old (CLEAN!) bath towel. Rolling them around for a few seconds prior to lubing the cases will save years of wear on your dies. Another trick is to tumble in damp media. Try a little water in it.

PA-Joe is right! Don't inhale the dust!

Redial
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2004, 12:44:59 AM »
I've been using rice for three years now.  Lasts a good while and cheap to boot.
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2004, 08:38:02 PM »
run USED dryer sheets in with your media, it will pick up a bunch of the dirt!. but dont use a NEW one! it'll gum up the brass big time!
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