Stainles Steel Media

[Kingpin]

Any use the Stainless steel media tumbler ? would like to know if they work as good as they say they do in the ad.


Before & After Images of Steel Brass Reloading

 

[rimfire_crazed]

Aszerigan with Profire Arms and Supply does - and his tumbled brass is downright beautiful.

 

[Rob377]

I looked into it awhile back. The shiny brass inside and out looked very tempting, but I kept reading reports that the brass was getting work hardened and brittle from the peening action of the SS media. Decided to save myself a few hundred bucks and stick with corn cob media.

 

[cdan]

I heard Aszerigan made a tumbler from a cement mixer...did he put a rubber lining in it, and if so, what kind of lining?

 

[billybob44]

AZ's Tumbler..

The last time I was at A's place, he had corn cob in his mixer--the brass looked great..

 

[Aszerigan]

For tumbling, I use a three step process. And yes, I use a cement mixer with the exterior holes sealed with silicone caulk. It's quite an investment, it's about $400 for the mixer alone, but it works really, really well.

Step 1: Up to 15k cases w/ 10 gallons HOT water and one squirt Lemon Ajax dish soap. Tumble for 20 mins. Dump out water.

Step 2 - Cases from step 1, 10 gallons HOT water and 1/2 capful Lemishine polish (the dry stuff, not the liquid). Tumble for 30 mins. Dump water.

Let dry overnight.

Step 3 - Mix 75lbs corncob media (infused with 1/2 cup liquid car wax) and tumble dry brass for about 2 hours. Brass comes out even better than the photos from the OP.

This process works in a rotary tumbler only, not a vibratory tumbler.

I used stainless media for a little while, but it gets everywhere. I mean... everywhere. Its in the driveway, tracked through the house, on the carpets in the house, between the tiles in the bathroom, plugging up the drains, everywhere... and I stopped using it six months ago. Vacuums don't pick it up either. Its a huge PIA to contain when you're rinsing the brass, so although it works well, I'd recommend against it. The brass comes out just as shiny with soap and Lemishine. Also, it is hard on brass - so much so that it will dissolve steel cases with extended tumbling.

Before and After:

 

[AllenM]

Although I don't have a cement mixer I use it in a Thumblers tumbler with stainless media. It is the best way to clean brass that I have tried and I have tried alot

 

[Aszerigan]

Although I don't have a cement mixer I use it in a Thumblers tumbler. It is the best way to clean brass that I have tried and I have tried alot

True. Rock tumblers work just as well. No need to get a cement mixer unless you're doing a lot of brass at once.

 

[ZbornacSVT]

True. Rock tumblers work just as well. No need to get a cement mixer unless you're doing a lot of brass at once.

A dryer is good middle ground!

 

[slow1911s]

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