wwillson Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Woodsoup,I see a bottle of Nu-Finish in this post. Do you use Nu-Finish to help shine the brass in your tumbler?Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsoup Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yep. In the final clean/polish operation. It cleans the residue off and seems to help the brass stay shiny longer while it's in storage. I put the brass in the bowl first, then the corn cob. switch the bowl on for a few seconds to settle the corn into the brass. Then about a teaspoon of New Finish artfully drizzled on the top of the corn and close it up and turn it on for about 1-2 hours.Yes, that is also a can of Brasso. The wife has some small cast brass figurines and other stuff that I use that on. and toss them in with the pistol brass when I do it. gets all those nooks and crannies nice and shiney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwit Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'd not recommend using wet Brasso to clean/polish brass an the ammonia will degrade the brass. Brass is made with copper, remember bore cleaner with ammonia is used to remove the copper in a barrel.Regarding the Nu-Finish, most any auto cleaner/polish/wax can be used with good results in ground corn cob. Turtle wax, the old Kit wax, Mcguires cleaner wax ect., ect., they all work great. One nice think about using a cleaner polish/wax is deposits a film of wax or whatever which just about eliminates tarnishing.Another tip is to get ground corn cob from Graingers Industrial Supply, get the 20/40 grit and you'll have no more problem with ANY media cloging the primer pockets or flash holes. It definitely works better that the std. 14/20 grit.BTW I've been reloading and casting since the '60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwillson Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 jcwit,I believe this is the corn cob media at Grainger's you are referring to. I usually visit the local Wal-Mart for ground corn cob media, but it's too large and gets stuck in the primer hole as you stated.Thanks for the link, Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwillson Posted November 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 BTW I've been reloading and casting since the '60's. Very glad to have you here!Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwit Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yup, thats the stuff. I got mine the first time because I misordered, they "Graingers" said I didn't have to take it as they would return and reorder the size I thought I wanted. Told them I'd go ahead and try it, and if it did not work it was my loss. Well this was one of those times a mistake proved out. If you order it and open the bag your first thought is Man this stuff is fine. But boy does it work and nothing and I mean nothing clogging up anything any where. Works great.One thing in using any auto cleaner wax or Nu-Finish is that 2 teaspoons to a tumbler load is more than enough and you don't have to add it every time. When it starts to take longer and longer to polish the brass add a little more. This is one of those times where more is not necessarly better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwillson Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I ran a couple batches of clean brass through again with corn cob media and Nu-Finish today for grins. I can't believe how clean and shiny the brass is now and how dark the media became - this was brass that I had already cleaned. I'm a Nu-Finish convert.Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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