Frankford Arsenal lite tumbler

[Mike D]

I have a question for those who know more than me. my last few batches of brass came out shiny brown instead of shiny yellow! they are the same color as the steel cased Brown Bear Russian lacquer coated ammo. I use Dawn and Lemishine in my tumbling water same as before the color change. the last batch I dumped a bunch more Lemishine in to see if that would brighten them up and they still look brown. the stainless steel pins still look shiny silver and the tumbler looks clean. what could cause this?

Too much Lemishine. How much are/were you putting in it?


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[gadabout]

Hey Blaster I have never had your problem that I remember. One thing I think is strange is I forgot to put any Dawn or Lemishine in the last batch of 9mm I did today. It came out just like if I had remembered the stuff, shinny and clean. I have had a batch or two come out cloudy looking as I didn't use enough Dawn. You could try that and let it go for like an hour. If that doesn't do it I just don't know what else to tell you.  Craig

[blaster]

I have a question for those who know more than me. my last few batches of brass came out shiny brown instead of shiny yellow! they are the same color as the steel cased Brown Bear Russian lacquer coated ammo. I use Dawn and Lemishine in my tumbling water same as before the color change. the last batch I dumped a bunch more Lemishine in to see if that would brighten them up and they still look brown. the stainless steel pins still look shiny silver and the tumbler looks clean. what could cause this?

Too much Lemishine. How much are/were you putting in it?


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a squirt of Dawn and one of those little scoops that come with Lee dies. come to think about it, I remember thinking a batch wasn't shiny enough and started adding a little more Lenishine. I'll try a batch with no Lemishine and see what that does. thanks

[gadabout]

I just started a bunch like 100 300 blackout. These were bought at a gun show so I resize and clean before reloading. I just used dawn and Lemishine but there was some ss chips in the bucket so I just left them. We will see how it does as the brass was very clean to start with.  Craig

[gadabout]

Came out nice really just needed to get the lube off but the brass is VERY clean and shiny. It's in the George Foreman getting dry.  Craig

[blaster]

I scrubbed some black residue from inside the tumbler and washed the pins with Dawn. the last batch of brass came out yellow.

[sqlbullet]

This stuff is expensive, but it does a great job of producing very clean brass:

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/rcbs-ultrasonic-rotary-case-cleaning-solution

I can tell you from experience that you don't want Nu-Finish in there.  I always add a bit of Nu-Finish to my dry media and get nice shiny brass.  But a bit of Nu-Finish in wet results in nice brown brass that looks like lacquered steel case.