Will these brass clean up?

[cqbdude]

My friend showed me some of his brass stash yesterday.
Holy smokes he had a bunch but water got into the container.

So my question to the experts here is, can these brass be saved?

[joelogic]

Some look heavily tarnished. Clean them up and report back.

[Full Clip]

I'd pick out the worst. The corrosion may compromise their integrity. Stainless steel media tumbling would probably clean most up just fine.

[Quinc]

stainless steel would make them all look like new.

[dision1]

Send me some sample and I'll try with my stainless steel media...

[Na-vah-duh]

It would be worth to tumble with stainless steel media. Im sure you will find some wont clean up. (I've had some 30-30 that was pretty bad like that as well) About 90% cleaned looking brand new and the rest you could see the corosion was way to bad and just discard or save for the scrap yard.

[bumpo628]

I would pick out the cases with heavy blue corrosion before you start tumbling them and process them separately. Otherwise, you'll have to scrutinize every case later for weak spots.

[epcii]

I'd throw the most corroded ones in a stainless steel media tumbler by themselves just to see the outcome.

[Cowboy T]

Actually, someone just did this a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of brass that looks just like in these pictures. Several cases looked "fugly" corroded. His cleaning method is the wet stainless steel tumbling method. I have some of that brass. It looks totally like new money, as if it'd never been fired. Yes, that clean.

I am now *thoroughly* convinced that the stainless steel cleaning medium is *the* way to go. You just can't argue with the results.

[cqbdude]

Thank You all for your input and suggestions..

Sounds like my friend needs to invest in a stainless steel tumbler...

[thomashoward]

+1 stainless

http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/

[Seesm]

Any other places to get that kind of media cheaper??

[dision1]

I bought my media from Midway . But I read here somewhere that its cheaper buying from
http://www.pelletsllc.com/ itself.

[Sunwolf]

Stainless media system is so small scale and takes too long.

[kahai808]

i love my Stainless Steel Media Tumbler. Its great and i bet it could get that brass looking real good.