which stainless media do you use?

The main reason I went with wet tumbling was the absence of dust. I live in a townhome with no garage or backyard so dust is a concern.  I reload in my spare bedroom and wet tumble in my spare bathroom.
Here's a thread on how to make your own: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/344986_How_i_built_my_own_rotary_tumbler.html
I have an old Sears 1/3 HP motor I found. Been contemplating awhile.

Mahalo Ren for posting the link!   

DIY seems the way to go to process more brass at a time than then the thumler is capable of.  Seems pretty straight forward with the motor being the most expensive part . . .

I seen pictures of this guy using a harbor freight tumbler that he took off the bin and bolted down a 5 gallon bucket then he would put a smaller bucket with lid inside of that. He wet tumbled with plastic media and LSD, his brass came out just like new. I might try that or harbor freight has the rotary rock tumbler that people use for their brass that is cheap, they pick up a refresher pack of stainless pins and use the LSD bath.

I tumble for about 1.5 - 2 hours. Thats enough bling for me. I put in about 100 .223 cases with a tablespoon of Lemishine follwoed by 2 tablespoons of Dawn. Fill enough water to about 3/4 of container. The key is rinsing it off well in cold water and drying it on a towel.

wow that is a lot of LSD, you don't get any discoloring? I've read of guys using 1/4 tsp - 1tsp of lemishine and a couple drops of dawn.

No discoloring thus far, lots of bling from head to case mouth. The amt of lemishine depends on how hard your water is. It might be too.much for some users.

here is a discount for harbor freight

20% Off Any Single Item

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I ordered my thumbler kit from brownells it came with 5lb bag of SS pins for $179.00

LOL

I C.........interesting.

Different formula. I use Lemishine with Dawn dishwashing liquid.

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Ren
Does the Lemi Shine react with the brass?
In other words, would it remove tarnish WITHOUT tumbling?

wow that is a lot of LSD, you don't get any discoloring? I've read of guys using 1/4 tsp - 1tsp of lemishine and a couple drops of dawn.

I got a little discoloring when I put too much lemishine.  I figured more lemishine would make it shinier.  It doesn't.  Still nice and clean though.  LOL

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Ren
Does the Lemi Shine react with the brass?
In other words, would it remove tarnish WITHOUT tumbling?

I tried that with not much success. THe brass was clean but not shiny. The tarnish was still there. The pins will polish it out. I think the key ingredient in lemi shine is the citric acid. The dishwashing detergent is the carrier for the grime.

I tried that with not much success. THe brass was clean but not shiny. The tarnish was still there. The pins will polish it out. I think the key ingredient in lemi shine is the citric acid. The dishwashing detergent is the carrier for the grime.

interesting.
I recall reading about and trying the old lemon juice-vinegar-detergent treatment which sounds like Lemi Shine and dish soap

I have used a commercial janitorial product that contained phosphoric acid for badly tarnished shells.

I also used ZUD cleanser (something like comet) that contained oxalic acid for badly tarnished shells.

Both of these were my pre-treatment for the hopeless cases that I really wanted to reload.

So it looks like the pattern is a mild acid combined with a surfactant.

I just tumbled a bunch of pennies and got 4 wheaties!  It sure beat all the coins up but who cares with these.  Next is sorting out the coppers (hopefully) at least can read the dates now.  Used a squirt of liquid soap and maybe a Tbsp of lemishine and 10 minutes tumble.  Will try brass + pins this weekend.

Could you squeeze lemon or orange juice in instead for the citric acid?

anyone tried using an ultra sonic cleaner?

 been reading and watching videos and it seems to clean inner case and primer pocket with heat, vinegar, water and lemi shine....

anyone tried using an ultra sonic cleaner?

 been reading and watching videos and it seems to clean inner case and primer pocket with heat, vinegar, water and lemi shine....

The ultra sonic cleaners clean the brass very well.the only problem is the ones offered by hornady and other similar manufactures are small and if u want to clean more brass the larger cleaners are expensive, I'm guessing that's why most people will wet tumble with ss media

The main reason I went with wet tumbling was the absence of dust. I live in a townhome with no garage or backyard so dust is a concern.  I reload in my spare bedroom and wet tumble in my spare bathroom.
Here's a thread on how to make your own: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/344986_How_i_built_my_own_rotary_tumbler.html
I have an old Sears 1/3 HP motor I found. Been contemplating awhile.

Wish I had a spare bedroom and bathroom to reload.  Did some dry tumbling in the living room and doesnt seem to dusty.