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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3340462
02/01/21 05:20 PM
02/01/21 05:20 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 17,922 North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Frankford arsenal sells a wet tumbler with the pins included and is less expensive than a Thumlers.
Use a squirt of Dawn and a teaspoon of Lemishine. Cleans em inside and out like new.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3340496
02/01/21 05:40 PM
02/01/21 05:40 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,336 Demop
1bamashooter
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,336
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Don't get a HF one mine lasted 2 tumbles and shat the bed
Keep your booger hooker off the bang switch.
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3340612
02/01/21 07:09 PM
02/01/21 07:09 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
Joined: Jan 2011
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N. Bama
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I use hornady one shot. I use dawn and lemishine too and I’ve never had any issues
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: 257wbymag]
#3340673
02/01/21 08:24 PM
02/01/21 08:24 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 982 Hayden AL
Jtb51b
6 point
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6 point
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Hayden AL
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I use hornady one shot. I use dawn and lemishine too and I’ve never had any issues Hmmm, I wonder if its the citric I am using is too strong then? It doesnt always do it, but when it does its like a black greasy substance that I have to clean with mean green to get off. Once the black is off, they are clean and polished underneath. Strange. Jason
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3340699
02/01/21 08:45 PM
02/01/21 08:45 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
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I’ve never ever had anything of that sorts happen. And I clean a lot.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: 257wbymag]
#3340720
02/01/21 09:05 PM
02/01/21 09:05 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 982 Hayden AL
Jtb51b
6 point
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6 point
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Hayden AL
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I’ve never ever had anything of that sorts happen. And I clean a lot. I bet I am putting too much citric in there, or too much dawn? Who knows, I haven't cleaned much since I moved (3 years ago). When I was living in Gardendale I had nothing better to do than run brass, so I did. I have a bucket or more of ready to load stuff in about every caliber. May do some 9mm one day soon tho, and maybe some 223 so i will pay attention to how much I put it in there. Jason
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: 257wbymag]
#3340767
02/01/21 09:49 PM
02/01/21 09:49 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 17,922 North AL
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I use hornady one shot. I use dawn and lemishine too and I’ve never had any issues Same here.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Jtb51b]
#3342416
02/03/21 05:52 PM
02/03/21 05:52 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,822 Sneads, Florida
fladeerhntr
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8 point
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,822
Sneads, Florida
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I’ve never ever had anything of that sorts happen. And I clean a lot. I bet I am putting too much citric in there, or too much dawn? Who knows, I haven't cleaned much since I moved (3 years ago). When I was living in Gardendale I had nothing better to do than run brass, so I did. I have a bucket or more of ready to load stuff in about every caliber. May do some 9mm one day soon tho, and maybe some 223 so i will pay attention to how much I put it in there. Jason I've had the same exact thing happen to me several times that you have described and haven't figured out what I'm doing wrong yet. It leaves a black oily film as you described and the only way to get it off is to clean each one lne at the time or tumble them again after dumping the dirty water and washing with clean water. I am using a thumblers tumbler with the dawn and lemishine mixture.
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: fladeerhntr]
#3342430
02/03/21 06:13 PM
02/03/21 06:13 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 17,922 North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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North AL
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I’ve never ever had anything of that sorts happen. And I clean a lot. I bet I am putting too much citric in there, or too much dawn? Who knows, I haven't cleaned much since I moved (3 years ago). When I was living in Gardendale I had nothing better to do than run brass, so I did. I have a bucket or more of ready to load stuff in about every caliber. May do some 9mm one day soon tho, and maybe some 223 so i will pay attention to how much I put it in there. Jason I've had the same exact thing happen to me several times that you have described and haven't figured out what I'm doing wrong yet. It leaves a black oily film as you described and the only way to get it off is to clean each one lne at the time or tumble them again after dumping the dirty water and washing with clean water. I am using a thumblers tumbler with the dawn and lemishine mixture. I rinse the brass with hot water about 5 times after tumbling.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3342737
02/04/21 05:53 AM
02/04/21 05:53 AM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 2,453 Mississippi
riflenut
10 point
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10 point
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Mississippi
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For you guys that are wet tumbling, how are you drying your brass? Just letting it sit or something else?
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." George Mason
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: riflenut]
#3342751
02/04/21 07:09 AM
02/04/21 07:09 AM
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Posts: 1,822 Sneads, Florida
fladeerhntr
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For you guys that are wet tumbling, how are you drying your brass? Just letting it sit or something else? I put a towel on the counter and just spread the brass out on it and let them sit for a day or 2. If you dont have that kind of time to wait I've read where some put them in the oven.
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: riflenut]
#3342787
02/04/21 08:19 AM
02/04/21 08:19 AM
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Posts: 225 huntsville, alabama
ultratec00
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4 point
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Posts: 225
huntsville, alabama
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For you guys that are wet tumbling, how are you drying your brass? Just letting it sit or something else? I do most of my tumbling in the summer time on a nice sunny day. Do a quick rinse in distilled water, spread out on window screen material, and simply set them on my pavement. You'd be surprised how quick the brass heats up and dries out on a 80+ degree day sitting in the sun. If you go to wallyworld, there are sliding window screens that work like a champ. They're not expensive, can be used as a strainer to filter out the stainless steel pins when draining the tumbler, then used for drying too.
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Ar1220]
#3343300
02/04/21 07:25 PM
02/04/21 07:25 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
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I put my brass in a pillow case and set on shelf in clothes dryer
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: Hangfire]
#3371957
03/14/21 09:41 AM
03/14/21 09:41 AM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 5,893 Cullman
CKyleC
(Can't Keep It Up...)
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(Can't Keep It Up...)
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Posts: 5,893
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I’ve heard of guys using an old food dehydrator to dry their brass also. If a guy found an old one at a garage sale it might be worth a try. The "brass dryers" are nothing but a dehydrator with different stickers on it
"In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247
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Re: Wet tumbling
[Re: 1bamashooter]
#3372150
03/14/21 05:28 PM
03/14/21 05:28 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 7,561 Hartselle, AL
trlrdrdave
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 7,561
Hartselle, AL
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Don't get a HF one mine lasted 2 tumbles and shat the bed Hmm I use the HF double rock tumbler and a pvc drum i made. Its done hundreds of batches.
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
"Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight." Jeff Cooper
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