Lemi Shine Is A Racket

Squaregrouper · Apr 8, 2019

I bought some last night for wet tumbling. All it contains is citric acid and lemon oil- at a 500%+ markup.
(This is almost as bad as Damp Rid being calcium chloride ice melt in very expensive packaging)

Melnic · Apr 8, 2019

where can you get same stuff cheaper? Too late for me cause I got mine years ago at a Dollar General (not sure how much) and have barely used it.

teratos · Apr 8, 2019

Melnic said:
where can you get same stuff cheaper? Too late for me cause I got mine years ago at a Dollar General (not sure how much) and have barely used it.

This. Plus, it takes so little it will be a while until I need something else.

Squaregrouper · Apr 8, 2019

Melnic said:
where can you get same stuff cheaper? Too late for me cause I got mine years ago at a Dollar General (not sure how much) and have barely used it.

teratos said:
This. Plus, it takes so little it will be a while until I need something else.

Homebrew shop, Fresh Market, Mom's Market, Amazon, etc.
I already have citric acid and my wife has lemon essential oil. I didn't need to buy it at all. I paid $5 for a 12oz container. The cost of materials was $1 and much less if bought in bulk.
You guys make a valid point about how long the container will last, but I didn't realize how simple the formula was, and the stuff was already in my house.

I want to bulk buy worm blower bottles, fill them with Mobil 1 Synthetic and market it as "Liberal Tears Gun Lube" for $9.99 a bottle.

John from MD · Apr 8, 2019

When I was making ammo by the thousands, I used a cement mixer to clean brass. A friend gave me a tip that I still use today. I use the Citrus cleaner sold at Home Depot cut 50/50 with water. I spray the brass, let it sit for five minutes and start up the tumbler (old type with corn cob and walnut shells). When they come out, they are all nice and shiny.

ToolAA · Apr 8, 2019

John from MD said:
When I was making ammo by the thousands, I used a cement mixer to clean brass. A friend gave me a tip that I still use today. I use the Citrus cleaner sold at Home Depot cut 50/50 with water. I spray the brass, let it sit for five minutes and start up the tumbler (old type with corn cob and walnut shells). When they come out, they are all nice and shiny.

Remember I did this.......

https://youtu.be/mWdngRDtrZQ

Just don’t tell my wife.

John from MD · Apr 8, 2019

ToolAA said:
Remember I did this.......

https://youtu.be/mWdngRDtrZQ

Just don’t tell my wife.

PowPow · Apr 9, 2019

I only started with Lemi Shine, because that's what I read on cast boolits over and over. I bought a three pack (12oz/ea) for ~$19. Using 0.17oz, per teaspoon by volume, 36oz / 0.17oz = 211 teaspoons. So, by this, my 3 pack should last about 4-5 years at one teaspoon per week going into the tumbler.

I have no idea how many teaspoons to use in a washer.

buellsfurn · Apr 9, 2019

ToolAA said:
Remember I did this.......

https://youtu.be/mWdngRDtrZQ

Just don’t tell my wife.

funny, my wife would have my ars

outrider58 · Apr 10, 2019

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Citric-A...MI1L6UqsLF4QIVUwOGCh3VlQXFEAQYAiABEgKnevD_BwE

teratos · Apr 10, 2019

outrider58 said:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Citric-A...MI1L6UqsLF4QIVUwOGCh3VlQXFEAQYAiABEgKnevD_BwE

That would last forever.

PowPow · Apr 10, 2019

teratos said:
That would last forever.

It would last 9 years at one teaspoon per week. 16*5 / .17 = 470.58 teaspoons / 52 = 9.05 yrs

Melnic · Apr 16, 2019

John from MD said:
When I was making ammo by the thousands, I used a cement mixer to clean brass. A friend gave me a tip that I still use today. I use the Citrus cleaner sold at Home Depot cut 50/50 with water. I spray the brass, let it sit for five minutes and start up the tumbler (old type with corn cob and walnut shells). When they come out, they are all nice and shiny.

Does this work with walnut in a vibratory?

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John from MD · Apr 16, 2019

Yes it does. Just put the brass in, spray it and let it sit for five or ten minutes and then add the walnut shell and turn it on.

ras_oscar · Apr 16, 2019

doesn't the lemmi shine soak into the walnut shell media? Does it work even if you don't keep adding it for each tumbled batch?

Squaregrouper · Apr 16, 2019

ras_oscar said:
doesn't the lemmi shine soak into the walnut shell media? Does it work even if you don't keep adding it for each tumbled batch?

Lemishine is typically used in wet tumbling along with Dawn/Palmolive. He is describing a different product.

ras_oscar · Apr 26, 2019

its not a racket. it's a consumer product that people can choose to purchase or not. In the 50s a lot of products came out that were merely combinations of 2 or more standard ingredients packaged together for " convenience".

Baking powder is baking soda and cream of tarter
Bisquick is flour and baking powder
Boxed cake mix is all the dry ingredients of a scratch cake.
Tumbling media is ground walnut shells.
Reptile pet bedding is ground walnut shells.

My grandmother used to make " pie crust starter" for my mother to use when grandma was not around. She'd combine a pound of shortening and flour in the correct proportions and put the dry result into a mason jar in the frige.

Does the lemon oil in Lemmishine have a cleaning purpose or does it just make it smell nice? If smell, you might be able to eliminate it.

357Max · Apr 26, 2019

A little off topic, but I use lemishine to clean my coffee machine. It works great and talk about highway robbery, look what they charge for coffee machine cleaner Lemi x 10

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