What Is The Best Brass Cleaning Media

Brass Cleaning 101

with Emily Stuchell

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At that place's nothing more satisfying than seeing the sunday shine on a batch of freshly cleaned spent casings. Not certain what we mean? There'due south enough of different means you can go your brass perfectly clean before it heads to the printing. From unlike types of media to different types of tumblers, here'due south your get-to guide on the all-time ways to get your brass squeaky clean. When cleaning large amounts of brass, y'all're going to want to invest in a tumbler. These machines make for consistent and like shooting fish in a barrel brass cleaning for loads of hundreds, even thousands of casings. When it comes to tumblers, you have a few options on the market.

Vibratory Dry Media Tumbler

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The vibratory tumbler is probably the about popular brass cleaning method currently on the market. A plastic tub sits on top of an electrical motor that vibrates the tub with a consistent buzz. All your spent casings volition go in the tub along with a type of dry media, and as the bin vibrates the media gets into every nook and cranny, cleaning and polishing your brass. Just let it run for a few hours, sift the contents, and you're all set. When information technology comes to dry out media you essentially accept two options; corn cob and walnut. Corn cob is best for brass that is less tarnished and does not need too much polishing, whereas walnut is best for your dirtier, more tarnished brass. When shopping for dry out media you will come across that you lot can choose between "treated" and "untreated". "Treated" media will smoothen your brass much better than untreated, all the same, many prefer untreated media and then they tin add together their own specific amount of polish and have more control. Too much polishing can crusade quicker corrosion in contumely casings, so many serious reloaders prefer purchasing untreated media and Contumely Smoothen separately to come up with their own perfect ratios.

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While dry media is constructive in that location are some drawbacks. Dry media tin can be quicker to corrode your brass than other forms of media and information technology tin can oftentimes be dirty to piece of work with, plus the media itself breaks down and has to be replaced every and then frequently. All the same, this option is one of the most cost-effective on the marketplace.

If you're looking for a simple and cost effective mode to make clean your brass, get a vibratory tumbler similar the Quick-n-EZ Case Tumbler Quick-n-EZ Case Tumbler. For sifting your casings and dry media, you'll too want a Rotary Sifter Kit. You can check out our Case Tumbler Kit that has all these products available in one piece of cake parcel.

Rotary Wet Media Tumbler

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If yous're looking for the quick and effective way to make clean your brass, look no further than a rotary wet media tumbler. Load contumely into the tumbler along with a liquid bath and some small-scale stainless steel pins. The small pins get into the contumely cases and even inside the primer pockets to get every inch of contumely nice and clean. Y'all can utilize your own concoction of lather and water or purchase premade cleaning packets like our Instaclean Brass Cleaning Packs that make it like shooting fish in a barrel to make clean in loads of 500.