Cleaning Tumbling Media

[Colohunter]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I like to be as frugal as possible when it comes to items that aren't necessities in reloading. I would much rather spend a little less on tumbling media and buy some extra bullets or powder. Check out my guide on cleaning your media to extend the life:

http://theblackrifle.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-clean-brass-tumbling-media.html

This is the second time I've cleaned this batch and I think I will get quite a few more clean cases out of it, let me know what you think.

[Colohunter]

You can also through used dryer sheets in the media while you are tumbling to help keep it cleaner longer.

[justshoot]

Go 'Stainless Media' & never look back the rest of your life .
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[Hoser]

Go 'Stainless Media' & never look back the rest of your life .

Too much of a pain in the butt if you are cleaning lots of brass.

For small batches it is fine.

I can only clean about 350 pcs of 300 WTF brass in a batch.

[Colohunter]

The stainless looks interesting, it also came up on another forum. It sounds like a pretty high initial investment, and you are working with a wet cleaning method.

[Hoser]

I only did it because I had an RCBS Sidewinder in the garage I didnt use anymore. If I would have had to buy a Thumblers tumbler to get into it, I never would have tried it.

They are clean when you are done. Really clean. But it is a labor intensive chore.

[Colohunter]

I've heard it even cleans out the primer pockets well.

[Hoser]

I've heard it even cleans out the primer pockets well.

Yup. Primer pockets, flash holes, inside the case, ect. The whole shebang. After 3 hours, it looks like virgin brass.

But I am not sure it is really needed for anything other than the wow my brass is pretty/CDI factor.

If it helped accuracy any, the benchrest crowd would be all over it.