Wet Tumbling | How To Get The Perfect Shine Out Of Your Brass

Learn how to get your brass to the shine you always wanted NOTES ON TUMBLING TIME AND AMOUNT OF BRASS UPDATE After a few years of working with this tumbler I've found that you can load it up with brass nearly to the top. The amounts I was stating had only to do with the rated weight from the manufacturer. If your belt has proper tension it doesn't matter, but I do always assist the tumbler in starting to turn as to not wear out the belt from spinning on the motor pulley. The amount of soap I put in for the video was quite excessive, as I said 2 tea spoons should be enough. After drying with a towel and a quick shake, I let the cases dry inside an mtm ammo box and place them in front of a space heater, or in the sun during the warmer days. A normal cleaning shouldn't take more than an hour, there's no need to let it go longer than that unless you really want them to have a polished shine. For pistol cases mainly, I now use a plastic colander/ strainer and a bowl underneath the quickly wrinse and separate them from the water and media. I know I keep saying tubing media, I quickly realized it's tumbling... Steel tumbling media http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/ you can find lemishine at walmart or on http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/