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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2372711" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I will check with my buddy and see if i can post the pics here.</p><p>The deal was he got some rusted up looking brass worst ever...</p><p>and did 24 hours in a vibratory and then stainless pins.</p><p></p><p>Not just for pretty but for the time involved..</p><p></p><p>I used to spend over 4 hours cleaning a couple handfuls of cases.</p><p>now with my own homemade pin tumbler and copper pins that time is much shorter ,,cleaning and worrying about media dust scratching up my dies is a thing of the past.</p><p></p><p>I have also found the remaining blackness on the case necks is carbon and it will also degrade dies.</p><p>Some stuff does not just wipe off.</p><p></p><p>I began reloading and just brushed out the necks and wiped the cases off really well.</p><p>After less that 100 rounds i noticed my cases were showing signs of scratching..I inspected my dies and sure enough scratching was going on.</p><p></p><p>I cleaned my cases in boiling water and coolaid packets...this took the black carbon off.</p><p>I would dry and size ...of course i had to polish out the scratches...</p><p>I did this for over a year...</p><p>then got a vibratory cleaner ...tied all kinds of media and mixes of wax etc in the media..</p><p></p><p>The scratches were coming back... i needed another solution as i was blowing off my media cleaned cases with air and wiping them down and chasing the insides with Q tips...</p><p></p><p>That got old.. and how many more sessions of polishing can my dies take....</p><p>My ID and OD of the cases stayed the same so not any huge metal removal...</p><p></p><p>I just do not like media dust i suppose..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2372711, member: 15054"] I will check with my buddy and see if i can post the pics here. The deal was he got some rusted up looking brass worst ever... and did 24 hours in a vibratory and then stainless pins. Not just for pretty but for the time involved.. I used to spend over 4 hours cleaning a couple handfuls of cases. now with my own homemade pin tumbler and copper pins that time is much shorter ,,cleaning and worrying about media dust scratching up my dies is a thing of the past. I have also found the remaining blackness on the case necks is carbon and it will also degrade dies. Some stuff does not just wipe off. I began reloading and just brushed out the necks and wiped the cases off really well. After less that 100 rounds i noticed my cases were showing signs of scratching..I inspected my dies and sure enough scratching was going on. I cleaned my cases in boiling water and coolaid packets...this took the black carbon off. I would dry and size ...of course i had to polish out the scratches... I did this for over a year... then got a vibratory cleaner ...tied all kinds of media and mixes of wax etc in the media.. The scratches were coming back... i needed another solution as i was blowing off my media cleaned cases with air and wiping them down and chasing the insides with Q tips... That got old.. and how many more sessions of polishing can my dies take.... My ID and OD of the cases stayed the same so not any huge metal removal... I just do not like media dust i suppose.. [/QUOTE]
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