Bill, You read my mind. Jack:castmine: 05-01-2008, 09:31 PM. Very few black spots. You can use the media virtually forever and it doesn't "load up" like dry media, so it doesn't have to be cleaned. Corn cob vs walnut media group. Just walnut shells and red rouge. Tired grinding the rice into smaller kernnels worked OK but left a lot of dust I didn't get with the whole rice. Media lasts for about two to three gallons of brass. Many people in the past have argued that they use walnut because it lasts longer, however you can buy a 40lb Bag of Corn Cob Media from Grainger Industrial for $26 that will last you MANY years and is many many times cheaper then any walnut media you can find, as I mentioned earlier I've found that the corn cob works better in every way then walnut and if you buy it this way, it's way cheaper, so why anyone uses walnut is beyond me. They are also a natural product that is biodegradable and non-toxic. Never fired, never primed.
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I guess I better quit eating those paint chips. One way to try to prevent case blow up is by using an inert fillers such as dacron stuffer. 4) nitrile gloves when handling spent rounds, lead rounds, bullets or cleaning guns. Corn cob is slightly harder than treated walnut shell media with a hardness of 4.
And afterward, can still use it to polish a few 'rocks! Porcelain media is used to give a final polish to metal parts that have already been deburred with other media. After resizing with Hornady One Shot it goes in with a seperate batch of corn for an hour or so to get the lube off. However, these materials may damage your rocks. The corn cob is for polishingg the already "clean" brass. These special formulations also provide corrosion and rust protection. Is tumbling with stainless really what its claimed to be. They are available in granules ranging from 1/4" to a fine powder. ATI Industrial Automation is the leading engineering-based world developer of robotic accessories and robot arm tooling, including Automatic Tool Changers, Multi-axis Force/Torque Sensing Systems, Robotic Deburring Tools, Robotic Collision Sensors, Rotary Joints, and Compliance Devices.
A couple of hours later wow clean as a whistle. With the smaller batches I usually load, I'll either wipe off my Imperial Sizing Wax with a clean cotton rag, or I'll use a damp shop towel to remove the RCBS CaseLube II, so I'm not generally loading the media up. Leading Manufacturers. Cleaning brass with vibratory tumbler: Corn cob vs. walnut media. It can also be impregnated with polishing compound and used to impart a high gloss finish on parts. The cleaner the brass the easier to spot defects on cases. Applications: - Tumbling/high energy.
Good points: great cleaner! The health dept folks said that ingestion/inhalation is the primary path to elevated levels. Flitz, is a nice alternative. Large parts typically require larger media, and vice versa.
I don't have any lead level data, but I simply feel cleaner after switching. Do not add a liquid polish of any kind. One thing that occurred to me though just lately, what is in that monia? Walnut shell media is a natural product that will break down over time. The pasta draining thing) from chinamart, and give brass a bath when I get home from the range.
30-06 I had already tumbled in some fresh walnut media in a friend's tumbler. If the brass has been sitting in the air for some time it's walnut with cleaner. Benefits of using walnut shells for polishing rocks. Instead, it creates more of a matte finish.