Shiny brass

[jaime1982]

What media are yall using to get that new brass look? I've always used 24grit walnut media. It cleans but I'd like to really shine them up. Using a small tumbler btw. I've heard about adding nushine and of course changing to stainless media or adding some bbs.

Curious on what yall are using.

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[Main Frame]

I’ve always used walnut or corn cob media. Will add some of the Frankfort Arsenal brass polish to the tumbler once the brass is pretty clean. Has worked for me and a bottle lasts a long time.

[Wanlail]

I use SS pins w dawn and lemishine in a rock tumbler

[PondPopper]

I wet tumble for 3 hours in pins. Once dry I then tumble them in walnut media. The walnut seems to finish off the polishing process great.

[db@100]

I de-prime first, then tumble in ss.

[muzzlebrake]

Corn cob mostly but will add Flitz liquid on stubborn stained brass
I hate using anything that leaves a residue. If it's on the outside it's also on the inside and although I don't have proof, I feel it might affect the powder burn.
I use an old RCBS vibrator pot that's plus 40 years old and still humming.

[rugger]

Corncob and little car wax/polish gets a good shine for me

[Mike D]

Stainless wet tumbling is all I use anymore. Unless the brass is really dirty all it takes is about an hour in hot water with a little dawn and lemishine.


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[HTOWN]

Corncob and little car wax/polish gets a good shine for me

This, my buddy reloads and he uses the liquid car wax in the orange bottle, Nu Finish I think. Looks brand new.

[Buckwheat]

Look up brass juice. No pins needed. Started using there brass “wash” and case lubes about a year ago. Stuff works.


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[Kong]

The brightest brass you can get IMO from all of the of cases I’ve cleaned over the years is with SS pins.
My sequence is I decap, tumble in SS Pins, size, trim to length/turn the necks, anneal and then finish them out in corncob media often times with a touch of Flitz. That’s on dirty really dirty brass, once I have them shined up I bypass the ss pins and then only size the necks and use corncob media.

[IAFFHunter18]

I use SS pins w dawn and lemishine in a rock tumbler

This right here^^^ We do the same

[Brute Killer]

Does the brass need to be shiny? I just want mine clean without any corrosion on it.

[jaime1982]

Does the brass need to be shiny? I just want mine clean without any corrosion on it.

Nah. Clean is more important honestly. I just wanted it to look good. I've never had a problem with what I've been using.

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[tazhunter0]

Friend uses ketchup on his brass shell casings he uses. Don’t ask me how it works, but the brass is bright. His wife found this idea online.