Corn cob or Walnut meda which is more aggressive?

[Old Sarge]

Hi All
When tumbling real dirty brass. Which should I use cob or walnut?

Thanks
Old Sarge

[richbug]

Walnut is much more aggressive at cleaning. Corn cob polishes better.

[Bayport_Bob]

They both work much better (imho) if you also use a polishing compound in conjunction with the media. I've had good luck with the Frankford Arsenal stuff that came with my tumber. There are a ton of polishing compounds, so that's a whole 'nother topic.

Cheap walnut media can be purchased at Petsmart - it's sold as Lizard Litter or bedding media.

[gunsmith_tony]

Treated walnut media is the most aggressive. And, as mentioned above, additional polishing compounds can be added for even greater effectiveness. It depends on how "shiny" you want your brass.
I use primarily once-fired GI brass. I throw it in the tumblers (yeah thats right...I have TWO tumblers:shades: ) and let them vibrate just long enough to get the dirt and range crud off 'em. I don't like my brass all polished and shiny-bright.

[BUFF]

I DO like my brass all shiney and polished bright. It makes any cracks and splits easier to spot.

[DYNOMIKE]

I have use a Combination of both Walnut and Corn Cob media like, for ever.
Always figured I would have the best of bothe at the same time?
I "DO" add a Polishing compound so I can find bad cases easier, and cause they look Purty..:tongue:

[euripides]

I use walnut charged with Flitz to polish the cases, and corn cob to clean the lube off the cases after loading. So there.

[owlcreekok]

like, for ever

:rolleyes:

WTF is like forever ? If it is "like" forever, what is it really ?

A millun years? A few thousand days ?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[DYNOMIKE]

Originally posted by owlcreekok


:rolleyes:

WTF is like forever ? If it is "like" forever, what is it really ?

A millun years? A few thousand days ?

Enquiring minds want to know.

YOU KNOW FOREVER..
Like, as long as YOU Have been alive...
You know like when DIRT was born...
OR like when they made the first WHEEL..
Or when they used ROCKS for $$.. :devil:
Not quite a MILLUN years BUT Pretty damn Close...

Now GO&FY....

[Bigger_Is_Better]

Any cheap source for corn cob media? I just started using the lizard litter this week. I've got some brass that my Dad used to reload that is dark. I'd like to make it shine again. It's .243 and I found notes in each box where he reloaded it the first time in 1970! For some reason he pretty well quit reloading in the late seventies......around 1977. I can't imagine why!

Aaron

[westcoastr]

or you can toss in a cut up dryer sheet...shines 'em up purdy and cuts way down on the dust

[DJ]

I bought some walnut media and it must be full of rouge or something. Turned my brass red.:eek:

[[486]]

Originally posted by westcoastr
or you can toss in a cut up dryer sheet...shines 'em up purdy and cuts way down on the dust

This cuts the dust really well. Paper towels do too. Been using the same load of media for a looooong time, probably 3 years now and about 5k pieces of assorted brass.

Was gonna throw it away because of all the black dust that came off of it whenever I dumped the tumbler, threw a couple paper towels in it and it stopped being so dusty. Even after so much use it'll still pull the carbon off of the outside of the cases, the insides I dunno.

[aardq]

+1 on the dryer sheets, and they work just as well if they're been used once.

Dan

[Tonk]

I use both corncob and walnut to clean my brass, we clean about 2 to 3 thousand rounds every month or so, depending on the range time etc. Also use the dryer sheets too. I like our brass standing tall, makes checking cases a lot easier.

[SteveW]

I bought a 5lb container of the Lyman walnut, treated with the red polishing additive. Holy Crap, my entire garage was treated to a coating of fine red dust. Keep the lid on your tumbler is all I can say. Other then that, it worked well. I bough another container of the corn cob and that is all I use now, unless I am cleaning (not my) range pickups, then I go back to the walnut.

Wasn't someone saying that kitty (or lizard) litter from Petsmart was either walnut or corn ? I can't remember..

[[486]]

Originally posted by SteveW

Wasn't someone saying that kitty (or lizard) litter from Petsmart was either walnut or corn ? I can't remember..

Don't get it, it is way small grain size so it packs itself into primer pockets if you tumble brass with fired primers in it.

Also it packs into cases and you gotta dig it out. Made the mistake of getting some...

[SteveW]

Thank you. Good to know.

[Old Sarge]

I have been using Bird Cage litter from Wall mart as of recently. Its corn cob. Its larger size and dose sort of pack in on some cases. But its cheap and dose the job. I toss in a couple of cap fulls of the Dillon polish and its good to go. I have used it on 06, 308 and 45s so far. Not to bad.

I understand that you can get Hog bedding from a good feed store and its works well also.

Going to try the dryer sheets today.

Old Sarge

Man this was an old thread!!!

[JeepsAndGuns]

I just picked up a bag of ground english walnut lizzard litter at the local pet dopot. Its really fine, and does not pack itself into the cases. As soon as I pick up a case and turn it over it all dumps out fast.

It cleans the cases pretty good, but doesnt polish them. This is the first time I have ever used walnut media. I have been using green corncob, witch does a better job at making them shiney.

[English Mike]

If you have cases are packed with media, then empty your tumbler & run them in it - soon shakes it loose.

[[486]]

Originally posted by JeepsAndGuns
I just picked up a bag of ground english walnut lizzard litter at the local pet dopot. Its really fine, and does not pack itself into the cases. As soon as I pick up a case and turn it over it all dumps out fast.

Yours extremely dusty? I had to wipe the cases off as I pulled them out of the tumbler.

Also, don't leave cases in it too long, if you care about discoloration. I left some .300 winmag in there for a week just sitting, didn't wanna have to deal with the dust and digging the media out [thanks for the alternative method Mike, I'll use it when I have the problem again] when I finally got around to taking the cases out they were tarnished with spots all over them. If it was .223 I wouldn't care, but .300 is the one caliber I like to be shiny enough to actually make an effort towards it, for some reason...

[ggiilliiee]

put em in a collander and shake em clean ..you can hear the split cases too as you shake if your good ...

brasso and walnut ..and no ammonia crap please ..no effect .it evolves off quick .

or make yer own .walnut filbert pecan ..old blender on whip .run thru screed ....fun for the kids ..corn takes tooooooo long ....

[JeepsAndGuns]

Originally posted by [486]

Yours extremely dusty? I had to wipe the cases off as I pulled them out of the tumbler.

Also, don't leave cases in it too long, if you care about discoloration. I left some .300 winmag in there for a week just sitting, didn't wanna have to deal with the dust and digging the media out [thanks for the alternative method Mike, I'll use it when I have the problem again] when I finally got around to taking the cases out they were tarnished with spots all over them. If it was .223 I wouldn't care, but .300 is the one caliber I like to be shiny enough to actually make an effort towards it, for some reason...


The first batch of brass I did it wasnt really dusty. But then 2nd batch its starting to get a little dusty. Gonna throw some old dryer sheets in there to helo it.