I wonder what household cleaner will work as well as the RCBS polish?
Cleaning brass
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I wonder what household cleaner will work as well as the RCBS polish?
Share with a friend or just be set for life. I just bought a bag and it works great. Less than $1 a pound. Or you can go to bass pro and pay $4 a pound. Seems slightly larger than the other corn cob media I've used. Noticeable reduction in clogged primer holes.
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- Aug 17, 2011
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I honestly couldn't say. Been working with 1 bottle for the past 2/3 years. Still have more than half a bottle left.
*Edit, it's the Dillon Precision 290 case polish.
jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
Mother's Chrome Polish.
CrazySanMan
2013'er
I have a vibratory tumbler that I use walnut media from Harbor Freight in. It's like $20 for a 25 pound box that will last a lifetime. I use Nu Finish car polish in with the walnut media.
Last year when they were on sale I bought a Franklin Arsenal wet SS pin tumbler. That thing cleans way better than the vibratory tumbler and doesn't send a cloud of lead dust through the basement.
The cases on the top were cleaned with SS pins, the bottom with walnut shell.
Last year when they were on sale I bought a Franklin Arsenal wet SS pin tumbler. That thing cleans way better than the vibratory tumbler and doesn't send a cloud of lead dust through the basement.
The cases on the top were cleaned with SS pins, the bottom with walnut shell.
So most of the pictures in this thread show the primers removed. Do you use single stage presses? Seems like removing the primer is an extra step that would normally be done as a function of the progressive or turret press. Do you use a seperate depriming tool, clean the brass, and then reload on a progressive or turret press?
For plinking rounds i give them a quick wash with the primer in and deprime when sizing. For precision rounds I do take the extra step of depriming first then wet tumble with pins.
tkd4life
Ultimate Member
I use the stainless tumbler too. I did have a buddy who had a really bad experience with stainless. He had pins lodge into his case and didn’t catch it. It trashed his barrel. I’ve checked every case of 556 and 6.5x47 I’ve done since then and haven’t found 1 pin.I have a vibratory tumbler that I use walnut media from Harbor Freight in. It's like $20 for a 25 pound box that will last a lifetime. I use Nu Finish car polish in with the walnut media.
Last year when they were on sale I bought a Franklin Arsenal wet SS pin tumbler. That thing cleans way better than the vibratory tumbler and doesn't send a cloud of lead dust through the basement.
The cases on the top were cleaned with SS pins, the bottom with walnut shell.
- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
For me, with the .260, I decap/resize (I'm only bumping the shoulder back a very small amount), anneal/neck turn (mostly during brass conversions, but also annealing after the 5th firing), tumble, and then finish up.
Quickest process? No. But worth it. My handloads consistently outshoot the high-dollar "Match" ammo, so for me, that's worth the extra effort.
HWB3
Member
100 .223's in a screw top Walmart peanut plastic tub, a drop or two of Dawn dishwashing soap and a sprinkle of LemiShine dishwasher cleaner with hot water to cover the brass. Shake it once in a while for 24hrs and the brass is very clean and ready for reloading.
Well that didn't work...
I tried using Tide with bleach powdered detergent. Forgot about them for a few days and when I took them out of the solution the brass had turned very dark. I put them back into a solution of water,vinegar,salt,and dishwashing liquid for a couple of hours with an occasional shake of the jar. They came out pretty good.The picture is one that came out of the Tide batch and one redone in the water/vinegar juice.
I tried using Tide with bleach powdered detergent. Forgot about them for a few days and when I took them out of the solution the brass had turned very dark. I put them back into a solution of water,vinegar,salt,and dishwashing liquid for a couple of hours with an occasional shake of the jar. They came out pretty good.The picture is one that came out of the Tide batch and one redone in the water/vinegar juice.
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So, it is confirmed! 
I can no longer tell my wife that I'm doing the laundry when I'm tumbling brass.
I can no longer tell my wife that I'm doing the laundry when I'm tumbling brass.
