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Cleaning Rusty Parts w/Walnuts & Polish! Last viewed: 10 seconds ago

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From diddle001

Hey Steve,I've only just got my tumbler, I've been cleaning parts up by hand for over 25 years and had a buffing wheel for the last two. As the wheel is dirty to use and mess gets everywhere, I thought I'd try the tumbler after reading this thread.Some good advice from other members who are already using them.Is the ***elers rouge powder? Also, I read that the corn doesn't clean nickle over brass parts all that well, do you know if this is correct?Also what grade/course do you use for your drum parts? I've only used fine but didn't have any affect at all on the parts I did. I think/sure I'm using the wrong one.Thanks Steve.Dave

The forum software won't let me use the first three letters of that word.Think of a person that makes sells gold and diamonds,watches and pendants.The word starts with a J.

The J rouge is a fine polishing compound that comes in paste,stick or powdered form,in various grits.

I start with the red ,which is kind of a medium grit first,use it for a short amount of time.and see what happens.You can always go finer or coarser from that point,depending on the results.Cheers.

Steve B

Posted on 10 years ago
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tamadrm,

Thanks for the info on th J Rouge, much appreciated, I'll have to try and get some and give it a try.

Creighton,

I went to the gunshop today for the courser media and they didn't have any in the shop !!!!!!!!!!!!! I've ordered a box which should be here (so they tell me) next week. So, yet again, I decided to finish off the temple block clamps by hand on the buffing wheel.

They were in pretty rough condition as you could see by the pics I posted. But, they took 8 days from start to finish, thanks so much for your tips along the way. they came out as good as I expected. Hurry for Ludwig & Ludwig plaiting.

I have loads of other parts and sets I can do in the coming months, I'm not short of things to to in the tumbler. I'll just have to wait a little longer till I can use it with the correct media.

Enjoy.

Dave

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Posted on 10 years ago
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Another great post...May I add that you always want to use clean media; for you ammo reloaders, do not use media that you have tumble-cleaned brass cartridge cases with; this can leave a dirty black coating on washers, etc.... you don't have to ask me how I know. : )

Merry Christmas,

Bill

Posted on 10 years ago
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Hey Bill,

Thanks for the tip, I'll remember to do that. Someone else posted in this thread saying he puts pieces of rag in with his media, says some of the dirt/muck goes on that and keeps his media lasting a bit longer.

Dave

Posted on 10 years ago
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From diddle001

Hey Bill,Thanks for the tip, I'll remember to do that. Someone else posted in this thread saying he puts pieces of rag in with his media, says some of the dirt/muck goes on that and keeps his media lasting a bit longer.Dave

I use dryer fabric softener sheets and it really picks up the dirty residue and lengthens the life of the media very well.

Posted on 10 years ago
#95
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Absolutely, the dryer fabric softener sheets work extremely well, cleaning dirt/dust from the media.

The only thing I would add is to use USED sheets.

Posted on 10 years ago
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I just put the first dryer sheet in with and it definitely collected a lot of dust! This was an unused one - we have a box and we stopped using dryer sheets (in the dryer) - what's the reason for using a used one exclusively?

I had used a paper towel before with decent results too.

Posted on 10 years ago
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New ones have the softing chemicals that will get into the mix. Couldn't figure out why some micro fibre towels were not working as they should. Figured out they had been in the dryer with a sheet.

I just cut old socks into chunks and throw one in soaked in polishing compound. That will grab a bunch of the dirt.

Creighton

Nothing special here but I like them.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Posted on 10 years ago
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Why used sheets? Well.....basically I'm cheap!

I figure, let them do their thing in the dryer. Then when they have expended their fabric softener components, re-task them to the tumbler.

So unless your hardware needs softening and fragrance, why expose them to whatever it is they put into those sheets.

Posted on 10 years ago
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