Brass Shining Made Easy!

[Calguns77]

In a harbor freight tumbler, I use a cap full of car wash for about 120 9mm. Add a pinch of lemishine. I run for about an hour to an hour and a half.

You could also use clothes washing detergent, or dawn, or whatever.

When I used dawn and a pinch of lemishine, they came out as shiny as the OP's picture, but then they would tarnish. I am not sure what was causing that. Maybe hard water. Maybe not rinsing good enough. (I was going to try to add baking soda to neutralize the acid, but I heard about the carwax and tried that.)

The carwash with wax and lemishine came out the same, but were stable. I have some that were cleaned a year ago that still look great. (Maybe a little duller, but very clean and shiny.)

The ss pins and Dawn do an excellent job of stripping the brass bare. The wash and wax leaves a protective layer.

[bigdawg86]

I want to try SS wet tumbling but hate the idea of drying the brass... But my walnut it too course so creates a insanely matte finish... My corn cob is so dusty it's giving me mesothelioma

[Calguns77]

I want to try SS wet tumbling but hate the idea of drying the brass... But my walnut it too course so creates a insanely matte finish... My corn cob is so dusty it's giving me mesothelioma

Lol

Drying the brass is actually no big deal, just throw it in a dehydrator and wait 40min. Seperating the pins is whats a pain if you don't have a good system.

[lincoln45]

I want to try SS wet tumbling but hate the idea of drying the brass... But my walnut it too course so creates a insanely matte finish... My corn cob is so dusty it's giving me mesothelioma

lay out a towel on the patio table spread out brass and the sun bake for a day

[sbsyncro]

[stilly]

At a certain point BELOW 500 it will turn iradescent purple if left in there on 250ish for about 5 hours...

[GILMORE619]

You can buy citric acid in bulk. I was having an issue with my brass no matter what I tried it would come out dull. I bought citric acid in a powder form and used Cascade dish washer detergent. Brought the shine right back. I've had some discoloration from leaving brass in the sun all day.

https://www.amazon.com/BSG-HandCraft-Citric-Acid-1lb/dp/B01KVOVHOW/ref=sr_1_18_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1489670178&sr=8-18&keywords=citric%2Bacid&th=1

[SonofWWIIDI]

If it's clean, does it really need to be shiny?

[Kmai24]

If it's clean, does it really need to be shiny?

Yeah..I was on that bling boat too until it got a little cumbersome. Now I just make sure they're clean enough to reload. I did love how shiny they were until I realized it takes less then a second to dirty them up again.

[GILMORE619]

If your going to wet tumble why not have them come out shiny and new looking by just adding the right stuff. Water hardness can be a ***** but I wasn't going to go and buy filtered water to tumble my brass.