[greatzippy]

Anybody have a guestimate on when cleaning media should be replaced in a brass tumbler??

 

[Jester]

you can kinda tell... we do it about every 10 tumbles, but we fill it FULL every time.



Your brass will just look dull.

 

[greatzippy]

How big of a tumbler do you have??? The one I have is only good for about 500 cases of 9, 40, or 45.

 

[G56]

When it gets too loaded up with dirt it won't clean properly anymore, you should be able to see that point when it comes.



Walnut for cleaning



Corn Cob for polishing



For best polish add a little Flitz to the corn cob



Shiny is nice but not necessary, clean is all you need.

 

[greatzippy]

Right now I'm using about 2/3 walnut 1/3 corn cob mix. SO far I've cleaned 10000+ cases and am currently cleaning my 2x fired brass. But despite the fact that the media itself looks dirty the cases are still coming out clean and fairly shiny. Some of the .45 I cleaned came out so good you can barely tell it was 1x fired.



So I guess I just have to watch it .... I was kinda hoping for a case count or something.