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RLDRSean · June 12, 2014, 02:22 AM

I was reluctant to spend much to try out the wet tumbling option. I bought a Lee de-capping die a harbor freight rock tumbler and stainless steel media, dawn and lem' shine. The first run cleaned off all of the oils on the SS media. The second run made used brass shine like new, inside and out. I picked up the Harbor Freight rock tumbler with 2 canisters, each cleans 1 LB. with 1lb of SS media and enough water to cover the brass. I use a pizza pan to dry off the brass @ 195 degrees for 90 minutes. The dual drum tumbler was $47. The media was $37.50. The dawn, pizza pan(with many small holes) and Lemi shine were all about $ 15.00. For under $100.00 bucks I wet tumble and label old coffee cans with clean brass that re-load like new brass!

June 12, 2014, 02:22 AM	#11
RLDRSean Junior Member Join Date: May 29, 2014 Posts: 7	wet tumbling questions. I was reluctant to spend much to try out the wet tumbling option. I bought a Lee de-capping die a harbor freight rock tumbler and stainless steel media, dawn and lem' shine. The first run cleaned off all of the oils on the SS media. The second run made used brass shine like new, inside and out. I picked up the Harbor Freight rock tumbler with 2 canisters, each cleans 1 LB. with 1lb of SS media and enough water to cover the brass. I use a pizza pan to dry off the brass @ 195 degrees for 90 minutes. The dual drum tumbler was $47. The media was $37.50. The dawn, pizza pan(with many small holes) and Lemi shine were all about $ 15.00. For under $100.00 bucks I wet tumble and label old coffee cans with clean brass that re-load like new brass!