hey guys, when using media that has rouge on it (Lyman Turbo Tumbler walnut, I think I'll go back to corn by the way), how do you get the rouge off the cases, and does it need to be removed from the inside? if I have to do a second step because of this stuff I'll throw it out. I'm too lazy.

now granted this was on really dirty cases so on not so dirty ones maybe it doesn't adhere?

Tips appreciated.
(ps, this shit gets in the flash holes too and doesn't just tap out, have to use something to get it out. pain in the ass).

moderators please delete this one, accidental repost. my computer last night wasn't posting (it seemed) and refreshing the page didn't show a new thread so.....

I have both rouge and untreated walnut hull media. IF and that is seldom I use the rouge treated media I follow up with about ten minutes in my tumbler with plain media.

Unlike most folks I tumble just to clean the case, I never try to polish them to look like new.

Hey Dago, in case you really wanted to discuss the Lyman coloured/treated media....

I also tried some of the stuff. It quickly got poured back into its shipping container, and replaced with traditional, untreated walnut media. What a pain in the posterior to find your brass all red after tumbling!! I don't know who came up with the idea for this media, or what the reason was supposed to be, but the result was a pretty crummy product, IMHO.

- mike

I agree with Mike! That jeweler's rouge is nasty stuff and has no place in a brass tumbler. The white polishing adjuvant that Lyman sells (which is essentially car polish) makes either corn or walnut amply aggressive and leaves no nasty red residue.

Just use plain old walnut media and add a bit of Bon Ami or Comet or the house brand scouring powder. NO, I can't tell you how much--you'll have to work it out yourself based on how big the tumbler, how many cases of what size and how dirty and etc... That's part of what what makes this hobby interesting, si?

I ran into the same problem with that red dust. A buddy told me it wouldn't affect anything, somehow didn't seem right to me. He also said to throw one of those fabric softener sheets in the Tumbler, would absorb the dust, but I haven't tried that solution yet.

I loaded up 50 30-378 shells with the dust still there. Anybody know of negative affects? I'm going to have to get some walnut without the red.

I found the best way to get rid of the red rouge dust was to throw the media away and never use it again.

i ended up taking it off with steel wool. what a PITA. corncob media works much better, but you still have to watch out because if it gets to dirty similar results occur usually black

The rouge media is a bit over loaded with rouge in the beginning. Try mixing it with untreated media until you get the results you are looking for.
If you expect instant gratification the red rouge is not for you. You have to work with it a while to get the best results.
In the infancy of tumbling there was not much else so you learned to make it work.