Where do you get chips?Tried it, imo the juice isn't worth the squeeze. I've tried them all, keep going back to plain hot water, dawn, and lemishine. Biggest improvement was when I switched from pins to SS chips. I only tumble 30 mins which gets them clean without dinging and shot peening my case mouths. Pins would also get stuck in flash holes and stack up tight in some cases. They were a big PITA to remove, especially 223 and 270WSM
I bought mine from Southern Sunshine media. It comes dirty and must be washed with simple green before you use it on your brass. It also has a small amount of random carbon steel chips that will oxidize and rust out after a couple washings. It does not affect cleaning. This media is not as magnetic as the pins so I use the FA media separator to spin off the chips. There is a new supplier I have not used that sends clean chips that they claim are magnetic. I have not verified the claim but here is a link.
AmmoBrass Stainless Steel Cleaning Media Chips for Wet Tumblers | ammobrass
This product is stainless steel media. This is the cleaning media that we use to clean all of our brass and is the only media that we recommend. We have pre-cleaned it for you so it's ready to go when you receive it. These chips measure approximately 1.43mm x 3.45mm. Stainless Steel Tumbling...www.ammobrass.com
Brass juice and I have ditched the stainless pins. Just water and Brass Juice works for me.
I'm watching also. Very interesting.@venatic are you saying you don't use any media at all? Just water and brass juice?