thumblers tumbler model B for the rotary tumble. You want the one Cabelas sells as its the bigger motor version.

 

You separate the media same as you would with corncob. I use my frankford arsenal spinny thing to do it. I'm going to upgrade to the Cabelas enclosed separator this way I don't lose pieces of SS media.

I use a spinning seperator, same as with dry media but fill the bucket/container with water so that when you pour in the media/brass the media doesnt bounce everywhere, so that the media doesnt stick to the brass via surface tension and falls easily, and so that it gets a final rinse to prevent those pesky water spots

I don't use the SS media method but try rinsing them with some distilled water before you lay them out to dry. That will take care of the water spots. I usually dump a gallon of distilled over my motorycle after I am done washing it. Anything I miss with the chamois doesn't spot up.

I don't use the SS media method but try rinsing them with some distilled water before you lay them out to dry. That will take care of the water spots. I usually dump a gallon of distilled over my motorycle after I am done washing it. Anything I miss with the chamois doesn't spot up.

 

That's a good idea and I already do it. If I have wet/muddy/dirty brass, I wash it off and then rinse with distilled water ($0.88/gal. at Wal-Mart). I have a water softener so I don't want salt residue on my brass.

I don't use the SS media method but try rinsing them with some distilled water before you lay them out to dry. That will take care of the water spots. I usually dump a gallon of distilled over my motorycle after I am done washing it. Anything I miss with the chamois doesn't spot up.

 

Nice idea, I used to wash parts at the machine shop in a 5 gallon bucket of Varsol, I might just get a bucket fill it with a few gallons of distilled water and load the cleaned brass in a strainer and dip it in to rinse them off, probably get a better rinse and limit the amount of distilled water that gets used.

 

ETA: Probably will use distilled water with the SS media to clean them also now that i think about it.

 

Harry