"Wet" tumbling question

[fusionstar]

Odd, I have only noticed tarnishing if I leave them wet over night. I even pre wash my brass.
I limited media tumbling due to health hazards.

[cs101]

I've used both cold and warm water with no signs of tarnishing. I pour out most of the dirty water, rinse well with cold water, separate and let the cases air-dry on a cloth.

[fusionstar]

No, this is happening within minutes! I thought maybe I was using too much Lemi Shine, or something because I was using cold water like they said to. Suffice it to say that my SS media experience has been off to a rocky start.

Perhaps the primers were corossive and got in the water? No idea why yours is doing that. Also try some distilled or bottled water, maybe there is some salt in your tap water.

[jharry]

No, this is happening within minutes! I thought maybe I was using too much Lemi Shine, or something because I was using cold water like they said to. Suffice it to say that my SS media experience has been off to a rocky start.

I experienced the same thing at first - I believe I have cut out that culprit - too much Lemishine.

It almost looks like a green acid residue. Of course, I didn't rinse as well too - may be a few different things that caused that

[J-cat]

I seem to be getting discoloration after I do wet tumbling. The cases come out looking clean, and then tarnish after drying. Is that normal?

It depends. The ratio of Lemishine to soap is critical. I use a Lee .6cc dipper filled 90% with Lemishine and two tablespoons of Palmolive. It took some trial and error to get there. Too much Lemishine and the cases come out corroded. Too much soap and the cases come out brown. If your cases are tarnishing after drying, you are on the verge of using too much soap.

[damndave]

I did a small writeup a while back with a DIY dryer and a Thumbler Model B. Maybe it can help some.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?p=6322611#post6322611

[jimboone]

I found a large dehydrater at a garage sale with 8 drawers and it works great for drying brass.

[stilly]

I did a small writeup a while back with a DIY dryer and a Thumbler Model B. Maybe it can help some.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...11#post6322611

That is still a nice dryer setup...

[thomashoward]

I've used both cold and warm water with no signs of tarnishing. I pour out most of the dirty water, rinse well with cold water, separate and let the cases air-dry on a cloth.

dump them in a bucket. Dump all the putrid water. refill with clean water and dump several time. (until there are no suds)

[csburtch]

I decap then tumble with 2tblsp of whatever dish soap I have and one 9mm full of lemishine. Couple hours later I rinse in the sink by tilting the tumbler so nothing comes out but the overflowing water. Most of the dirty water comes out. Then it's off to the separator that I fill up to about 1 1/2 below the rim. Tumble there for a while until I think all the ss media is at the bottom and the brass is rinsed. Then dump out the water from the separator leaving the media in the bottom of the separator with a little water. That gets dumped right back in the tumbler.
From there the brass gets spread out on a cookie sheet that's covered in a towel. I then rub over the brass with a paper towel to blot dry. From there they go in the oven for about an hour on the lowest setting my oven has 150 I think. When they come out, they're beautiful and ready to resize and trim.
By the way, after I resize and trim, I do the process over again to clean of case lube and brass shavings. Yes I'm that anal. It is like using brand new brass.

[tonygg]

Hi JHarry, Drying wet cases after being tumbled(SS pins) is rather easy.

First I empty the cases from the basket separator onto a large towel, gather

the corners and shake the towel for a couple of minutes. Then I go outside

and place the towel onto a small end table. Then I spread the cases evenly

and knocking all the cases onto their sides. I let the sun do all the work. Sometimes

it's very hot outside and the cases are completly dry in 20 minutes(I live in

Riverside Co). If it's 70-75 degrees outside, drying may take 1 hour...never longer.

Good Luck;

Tony