Tumbler media..........

by Gunner , St Louis, Sunday, June 25, 2023, 21:28 (452 days ago)

Tumbler media is one of those Ford vs Chevy kinda things, walnut shells or corn cob media. You will hear varying reasons behind both choices, they each have pluses and minuses. I have always heard corn cob media polishes better while walnut shells cleans better due to the hardness. Or vice versa, depending on who you talk too.

Right or wrong, the following is what I do……first off I mostly use corn cob media, mainly due to cost and availability. If I luck into both and a deal is there I will buy both and mix them in the tumbler, best of both worlds?????

Years ago I picked up a tip from MidwayUSA to limit dust from the tumbling media, cause who doesn’t hate dust all over your brass…….add a cap full of paint thinner to the media, I use a couple, run for a minute or so then add your brass for cleaning, works great. But I go one step further and add a couple squirts of Brasso polish to the media before dumping brass into the tumbler. Brasso helps polish the cases but also lessens the run time of tumbler so more batches can be run in a day. Added bonus is that the application of Brasso last 2-3 batches before you will need to add more and also helps the media last longer as well.

Karma works in strange ways.......last night I am scrolling around Midway's site and notice they have tumblers on sale along with free shipping on orders over $75, interesting as I have been babying my 30+ year old Midway 1288 tumbler (orange bowl, gotta be a Lyman rebranded item) and am wondering how much longer it will last before dying. The answer to that question came this evening as the motor broke and sent several pieces flying around the gun room. A nice big, new Lyman 2500 Magnum tumbler has been ordered, wonder how long this one will last.

Gunner

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