Dry tumbling with Walnut shells

[DenStinett]

I tumble twice . The first is corncob , then I size , and decap , and then I wet tumble with stainless pins .

Sorry I don't have any pics .

Try DeCapping first and you'll get your Primer Pocket cleaned too

[gandog56]

I tumble twice . The first is corncob , then I size , and decap , and then I wet tumble with stainless pins .

Sorry I don't have any pics .

Try DeCapping first and you'll get your Primer Pocket cleaned too

Not with a vibratory tumbler you wont. Which is why I went to a wet rotary one.

[DenStinett]

Not with a vibratory tumbler you wont. Which is why I went to a wet rotary one.

Hey Dog:
They may not get polished, but the Primer Residue is cleaned out and the Pockets are clean enough to receive new Primers
And when it comes to the Prime Pocket, that's all I'm interested in
No one sees the inside of the Primer Pocket but me, and the new Primer !

[gandog56]

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Hey Dog:
They may not get polished, but the Primer Residue is cleaned out and the Pockets are clean enough to receive new Primers
And when it comes to the Prime Pocket, that's all I'm interested in
No one sees the inside of the Primer Pocket but me, and the new Primer !

You mean a sonic cleaner will get the primer pockets THIS clean?

[DenStinett]

/quote]

Hey Dog:
They may not get polished, but the Primer Residue is cleaned out and the Pockets are clean enough to receive new Primers
And when it comes to the Prime Pocket, that's all I'm interested in
No one sees the inside of the Primer Pocket but me, and the new Primer !

You mean a sonic cleaner will get the primer pockets THIS clean?

NO, I never said I get the Pocket THAT clean
In my humble opinion, that isn't clean, that's polished my friend
My Tumbler gets the Primer Pocket cleaned-out, no Residue
As clean a any hand held Pocket Brush gets them
BUT, with my set-up, I can go wet too, if I'd like

[gandog56]

Would have to disagree a bit there. It's cleaned AND polished. Not a trace of carbon in the primer cup or inside the case. I mean a regular vibratoryy will clean them pockets out good enough to prime them.

But I'm a bit anal, I guess!   

[DenStinett]

I don't have Carbon at all after I run them through my dry set-up
But yes, your Liquid set-up does get rid of the tarnish on the inside of both the Case and the Primer Pocket too
Places no one sees after the Round is loaded

[us_shooter]

I use a cement mixer filled with a big bag of Lizard Litter (crushed walnut) from Petsmart. Then I pour in a 50/50 mixture of odorless mineral spirits and Nufinish car wax. Toss in a couple used dryer sheet and let it run for about 45 minutes.  It will look like factory finish.

Nice. The lizard litter is the same stuff I bought, it was 17 bucks and some change for the biggest bag they had, probably 25lbs or so. I thought my motor was heavy duty but I believe a cement mixer takes the cake! You mix the spirits and wax in with the brass and walnut and run it (I feel ike this would make sort of a slurry, aka mess) or do you remove the walnut and then run the brass with spirits/wax? I know you said mixture is 50/50, how much is the mineral spirits volume wise?


Guess I need to explain a little better.
I open a new bottle of NUFINISH wax and pour half of it into another container to save till later.
Then I top off the now half bottle of NUFINISH with odorless mineral spirits, shake well.
Turn on the mixer with 25 lbs of lizard litter in it and gradually add the 50/50 wax mixture.
Obviously when you first pour in the wax it will clump a little but will quickly go away.
Now add about a 5 gallon bucket of dirty brass and let it run till shiny.
FWIW I took the steel paddles out of the mixer and made some out of kydex.

[BT8850]

Guess I need to explain a little better.
I open a new bottle of NUFINISH wax and pour half of it into another container to save till later.
Then I top off the now half bottle of NUFINISH with odorless mineral spirits, shake well.
Turn on the mixer with 25 lbs of lizard litter in it and gradually add the 50/50 wax mixture.
Obviously when you first pour in the wax it will clump a little but will quickly go away.
Now add about a 5 gallon bucket of dirty brass and let it run till shiny.
FWIW I took the steel paddles out of the mixer and made some out of kydex.

Alright that makes more sense, I apologize for the confusion! Ill have to give it a try, seems to be common with everyone here that dry tumbles, using some sort of wax/polishing concoction along with dryer sheets. Good call on the kydex, I've got a bunch left over from holser projects, never would have thought to use it!