Case Cleaning

I use Lyman's Turbo Tumbler Media in the Corncob Green. It has a dry polish in it that cleans and shines the brass very nicely.

Paul
 
I use the Lyman Green Corn Cob, I like it better than Walnut. Once a year I add a re-juminator to the mix and man does it clean cases!

Good luck!
 
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What type of cleaning media should I use for cleaning 223.
Corn cob or walnut.



It really depends IMO on what degree of brightness you want to achieve.

I've had the best luck "overall" using walnut first, then resizing and decapping, followed by cobb removing the lube, and putting a real nice shine on the cases.

If you happen to use the Lyman walnut, it contains quite a bit of jewelers rouge, and I personally wouldn't go straight to the resizing step without a tumble in cobb to get rid of the rouge residue, as I wouldn't want to risk damaging my dies.

I personally don't use the Lyman walnut, as I don't want to add the extra step of getting rid of the rouge residue. I have found walnut will get rid of baked on carbon that the cobb couldn't remove, which is why I choose to use it as my first step.

If you're not interested in "bright and shiny", you can just use walnut before and after resizing, and decapping. Hope this helps.

Hangtime.
 
Lyman Tuf-Nut is good stuff and lasts longer than anything else I've tried. I have some in one tumbler that has been going strong for over three years with nothing more than a fabric softener sheet thrown in every now and then for dust removal. It has probably cleaned 15K pieces of brass.

Mixing corncob and walnut won't hurt anything and will give you the best of both.
 
I use corn cob and a capful of Cabela's case polish and it works really well. For years before I bought a tumbler I used a drill and Lee's case trimmer case holder and a bit of 0000 steel wool. Spin the case against the steel wood and they come clean really quickly.
 
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