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My View of Stainless Media Cleaning
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<blockquote data-quote="shootnmoa" data-source="post: 630852" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>The poster above is correct on differing ph levels of the local water. </p><p> </p><p>I have found that a cold rinse is better to keep from tarnishing the brass, after tumbling. </p><p> </p><p>Also, my experience has been that too much lemishine will do this also. And not much over the normal amount will cause the brass to tarnish. As little as spilling over the .45 case during measuring the lemishine is enough to cause it to tarnish. Just adjust your recipe according to your water and you will learn what works. </p><p> </p><p>When I first fill the tumbler with the water, I use as hot as tap water as I can get, but by the time its done tumbling, it will be cold. </p><p> </p><p>And the Lee universal decapper is well worth the money. Decap first and your primer pockets will be as clean as the rest of the cases. One less step to do during the processing stages.</p><p> </p><p>I give them a quick towel dry on the exterior, then lay them out on a t-shirt to finish air drying. They are done the next day, ready to load. Then I resize, and put them into the vibratory tumbler for an hour to get the lube off. I use imperial sizing wax for the lube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shootnmoa, post: 630852, member: 22662"] The poster above is correct on differing ph levels of the local water. I have found that a cold rinse is better to keep from tarnishing the brass, after tumbling. Also, my experience has been that too much lemishine will do this also. And not much over the normal amount will cause the brass to tarnish. As little as spilling over the .45 case during measuring the lemishine is enough to cause it to tarnish. Just adjust your recipe according to your water and you will learn what works. When I first fill the tumbler with the water, I use as hot as tap water as I can get, but by the time its done tumbling, it will be cold. And the Lee universal decapper is well worth the money. Decap first and your primer pockets will be as clean as the rest of the cases. One less step to do during the processing stages. I give them a quick towel dry on the exterior, then lay them out on a t-shirt to finish air drying. They are done the next day, ready to load. Then I resize, and put them into the vibratory tumbler for an hour to get the lube off. I use imperial sizing wax for the lube. [/QUOTE]
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