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How often do you change the media in your tumbler/vibrator? Thanks, Steve | ||
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Not that often if ever. Will add a touch of polish now and them As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I’m not a real stickler for shiny brass like a number of people around here. I use tumbling media to clean off sizing lube. If the brass comes out shiny then that’s a bonus but shiny is not my goal. To answer your question, about once a year. | |||
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I just changed mine out a after using it for around 6 months. | |||
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When it quits cleaning well, when ever that happens to be. | |||
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Now that I've gone to stainless steel, probably never. | |||
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Not very often, I'm like Mick. I'm a cleaner not a shiner. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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Not in years and thousands of rounds....I just pour in more car wax and go. ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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 Never have . Just keep adding a little every year . Seems to work! rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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I can't remember the last time I replaced any media. I do have about three containers of different media that I use for different situations, but I've never replaced any of it. Red C. Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion. | |||
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Depends how dirty it gets. If I clean a lot of range pick up it gets changed more often. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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When my brass stops coming out super shiny, that's when I throw out the media. | |||
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When it gets dirty. Member: Orange Gunsite Family, NRA--Life, Varmint Hunters' Assn., ARTCA, and American Legion. "An armed society is a polite society" --Robert Heinlein via Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC Caveat Emptor: Don't trust *Cavery Grips* from Clayton, NC. He is a ripoff. | |||
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If this is any indication ; I've changed my media maybe 5-6 times in 44 years an I used to load 5-12K rounds per year during much of that time .Now with my newer media I'll never change it again ,no reason to . Now the factors which dictate the necessity of changing one's media varies by a number of things . Number an size of cases ,Sizing lube, dirt , tarnish ,powder used ,length of time between firing an cleaning and type of polishing or cleaning media one's using . An how shiny one wishes to keep that brass !. Want to extend it's useful life on walnut or corncob ? add baking soda !. The amounts vary depending on media and it's container's size   | |||
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Quality walnut media lasts a longtime! Lyman Green Corn Cob just doesn't do it for me. It seems done after the first time that you remove case lube with it. PA Bear Hunter, NRA Benefactor | |||
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How much baking soda for 5 lbs of Corn and for 5lbs of walnut? Thanks, Steve | |||
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You can get ground walnut hulls from the feed store for less than $10 for 50 pound bag (same stuff the reloading companies sell for 20x as much. I change it every couple of months or when the mood strikes me | |||
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The reasons my walnut grounds don't get changed is I use cut up fabric softener sheets cut into small pieces. The bowel and the bucket are cleaned as used. About every third run Bon-Ami is added to the media.The tumbler is run outside with the top off and a lot of the powdery stuff is blown away. The dirt is really minimized. must admit the stuff in the tumbler is somewhat darker than new stuff, but it's been going for years. Once in a while if the cases are really sooty I give the media a couple shots of orange 409. May not be the best but it seems to work for me.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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About once a year in the heat of summer I lay the media out on newspaper and let it set in the sun all day. Pick it up with my shop vac, put it back in the tumbler and it's ready to go again. Cleans it up fairly well. Free men should not be subjected to permits, paperwork and taxation in order to carry any firearm. NRA Benefactor | |||
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Never, since I switched to porcelain beads about 10 years ago in a liquid tumbler. They work like magic, do an excellent job on black powder crud, and I think I paid $40 way back then, so far, far cheaper in the long run. Bob DRSS "If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" "PS. To add a bit of Pappasonian philosophy: this single barrel stuff is just a passing fad. Bolt actions and single shots will fade away as did disco, the hula hoop, and bell-bottomed pants. Doubles will rule the world!" | |||
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