Tumble time

[HTTTRH]

Just curious, Ive been doing a lot of brass lately and wondering what is your typical tumble time?

Also anyone use any polishing additives, if so what ones?

Thanks

[SMJayman]

Two or three hours, and I use Dillon's case polish with my media. A lot of guys use nu-finish and like it, I have yet to try it though.

[markm]

1 hour most of the time. Then a half hour to tumble off lube if I'm doing rifle brass.

I'll put a dash of non amonia car polish in the media every once in a while.

[dave5339]

It depends on the brass.

It it's dirty, it goes in for a couple of hours. If it's clean, 30 minutes or so.

Of course then there are the times when I forget to turn off the tumbler. I think my record is around 16 hours or so, (made for some clean brass).

I use crushed walnut with Flitz for polish. It works fairly well.

Semper Fi

[MarshallDodge]

If the cases are really dirty, as in caked with mud, etc. then I use a liquid cleaner using water, vinegar, lemon juice, and a little laundry soap to get them presentable. It gets them nice enough to size but I like the smooth finish that tumbling puts on them which makes sizing a little easier.

After that, they go in a tumbler for an hour using ground corn cob. I was using Midway Brass Polish but I found an old bottle of liquid Turtle Wax that works really well. I add two tablespoons to fresh media and just a little bit per tumble after that. Too much and I have noticed that the wax will build up on the case and it will collect dust from the media.

After sizing I wash off the lube with water and a little laundry soap. Then I tumble them again until they are nice and shiny, usually an hour.

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

I just throw it in and sometimes I remember to turn it of in a few hours sometimes not. Eather way it realy depends how dirty it was. If I had 3 or 4 fireings on the case it might take 3 house if its once fired I picked up at the range maybe only 30 min.

[m4fun]

I LIKE IT PRETTY. Not in camo ammo.

I tend to go 4hrs - sometimes I too forget and its longer. That is for dirty brass.

I am not into cleaning my lube off after sizing. I use a spray on lube and simply load lubed and then use some "clean" medea to tumble for 30minutes to 1 hr for final product.

[Ziptie]

I use one of those christmas tree light timers and don't worry about forgetting every time to turn it off manually...

Zip

[HTTTRH]

I use one of those christmas tree light timers and don't worry about forgetting every time to turn it off manually...

Zip

Good idea!

[M4A1CQBR]

I usually go about four hours w/ the green media(corn cobs, etc.). I've been wanting to try that walnut media that I have been seeing at Cabela's, but I haven't bought any yet.

[rockm4]

Hello all, I was in Harbor freight one day and run across a can of bead blast plastic media. So i bought a can and tried it with dirty range pick up some weathered, it takes about an hour to one and a half and really looks good. :cool: Patriot

[markm]

No pic?

No Dice!!;)

[MarshallDodge]

Hello all, I was in Harbor freight one day and run across a can of bead blast plastic media. So i bought a can and tried it with dirty range pick up some weathered, it takes about an hour to one and a half and really looks good. :cool: Patriot
I heard white rice works really well on pistol brass but I am too scared to try it on rifle brass. Getting rice out of your bottlenecked cases would be not be fun.

[Ranger325]

Usually about 2 hours with a cut-up used dryer sheet and a capfull of NuFinish car polish and they come out nice and shiney!!

[Kool Aid]

Two to three hours does it for me. I use Zilla Lizard Litter (walnut media) purchased from a pet supply store and a cap full of NuFinish every second or third cycle.

[Fontaine]

I'm all about quick and dirty reloading, so I generally only do 1-3 hours in Walnut media.

I also don't bother tumbling after resizing (i use imperial sizing wax) though this can cause problems with clumping of a powder in a powder dispenser.

[biggfoot44]

With brass of average dirtyness, an hour will result in "probably clean enough to load". For "see yourself shiny" overnight, or until you happen to think to check.