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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:46 pm Post subject: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Hi guys
Does anyone have a secret formula willing to share with me.
Ive got a stainless steel tumbler for my brass and need a cleaning solution or liquid to assist. Its going great guns cleaning but I need the shine factor.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15857 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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OldSchoolRanger Member
Joined: Feb 15, 2017 Posts: 88
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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radar - I'm in the same boat as Vince. I use a vibratory type tumbler (Dillon), and crushed corn cob media. I add a cap of Nu-Finish to the media, let it run uncovered until the polish mixes in (about 20 - 30 mins), then add brass and tumble. The brass comes out nice and shiny.
A friend of mine uses the steel pins like you do, he uses hot tap water, a good squirt of Dawn dishwashing soap and a pinch or two of Lemi Shine. I have to admit his brass comes out looking brand spanking new.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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OldSchoolRanger...What is Lemi Shine??
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Azar Member
Joined: Jan 04, 2010 Posts: 275 Location: Utah
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Bushmaster,
It's a dishwasher detergent additive. I've never used it as I have a (broken) vibratory tubmler, but it's a common suggestion for those who "wet tumble" or use an ultrasonic cleaner.
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Is it a lemon based product?
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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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I guess Im on the right track.
Im using a rolling bottle type of lapidary polisher which cost half the price of any of the media based tumblers here in NZ.
I did 110 .223 cases yesterday in water, Stainless pins, a couple of drops of dishwasher liquid and Lemi shine which we can't get in NZ so Im doing my homework on how to get it.
3 hours later - black water and near new cases. Primer holes and insides of cases are so clean - now all I gotta do is reload.
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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a teaspoon of citric acid in a cup of dishwasher liquid will do its job awesomely as lemishine substitute.
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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If I recall lemon juice or citric acid is not good for brass causing it to leach.
Shinny brass? Fine ground corncob and Nu-Finish (Cap full) will do the job.
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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The wet tumbler uses water and stainless steel pins to clean. Folks usually add a table spoon of Dawn dish soap and a table spoon of lemi-shine. It smells lemony but I don't think it is real lemon extract. You could use a bit of citric acide because the soap neutralizes the acid - I don't know that it would do much though. The pins are supposed to make the brass shine, the other stuff just keeps the dirt and oils in suspension until you rinse it all away.
I don't care for the method because it takes a couple of hours to get the brass clean then you have to separate the pins from the brass, rinse and dry. I would have to start my process the day before just to get two loads of brass loaded. I only tumble for a half hour with new media (crushed walnut from the grain store) and when it takes an hour I replace the old with new and wash the old. When I start a new batch I add a tea spoon of silver polish paste. When that batch takes an hour I put in the washed media (which is well dried by then) back in and add the silver polish. I don't think I will ever use the 25 pound bag I bought for $15.
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OldSchoolRanger Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Bushmaster wrote: |
OldSchoolRanger...What is Lemi Shine?? |
Bushmaster - Lemi Shine is a brand name for a dish detergent additive which removes hard water spots and film.
I think PaulS is correct in saying that Lemi Shine doesn't have real lemon extract in it. It does have the lemony smell. I don't know for sure, but here is a link for it at Wally World.
www.walmart.com/ip/Lem...mp;veh=sem
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Azar Member
Joined: Jan 04, 2010 Posts: 275 Location: Utah
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Lemi Shine appears to be "Citric Acid + Fragrance".
www.lemishine.com/ingredients/
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2457 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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What's "Fragrance"?
and when citric acid seems to work, I might suggest to try oxalic acid too.
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Dawgdad Super Member
Joined: Feb 08, 2006 Posts: 1065 Location: On the Prairie
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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I have my brass done in Stainless steel /water media with dawn and lemishine and the cases are cleaner than new inside and out. I do not have to run a paperclip in them to feel for stretching as I can just look in and see the bright marks inside the brass. Primer pockets are shiny too.
You can take the filthy nasty tarnished stuff off of the range and SS tumbel it and have it look new again.
Fragrance= smelly stuff. perfume..
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5037 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Stainless steel tumbler recipe |
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Somewhere on here is a test of a homemade brass cleaning liquid...
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