Picked up a bottle of the Armouall Wash and Wax (lovely shade of orange). So far I've run three loads. About 200 223 cases, ran these for about 3 1/2 hours cases are clean, not shiny, primer pockets clean. Ran 50 45 Colt cases and 20 or so 45 ACP for about 4 hours, clean all the way around but not shiny. Third load is still running, it's about 40 35 Rem cases. I plan to let it go about 6 hours and see what they look like. I'm not as concerned about shiny as I am clean and that I'm getting and air drying I'm not seeing a lot of water spots. More later.
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SS Pin tumbling
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Re: SS Pin tumbling
UPDATE
Extending the tumble time did nothing to improve the shine. So in my Model B somewhere between 2 and 4 hours gets cases clean and unless you want shiny the Armoral Wash and Wax does a good job and so far up to a week later the cases don't show any sign of tarnishing even the one I force dried.
Tried adding a bit of Lemishine to the AWW mix with a batch of 357 cases. The brass cases came out shiny. So it would seem that if you're using the AWW and want shiny adding Lemishine may be the answer.
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Extending the tumble time did nothing to improve the shine. So in my Model B somewhere between 2 and 4 hours gets cases clean and unless you want shiny the Armoral Wash and Wax does a good job and so far up to a week later the cases don't show any sign of tarnishing even the one I force dried.
Tried adding a bit of Lemishine to the AWW mix with a batch of 357 cases. The brass cases came out shiny. So it would seem that if you're using the AWW and want shiny adding Lemishine may be the answer.
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Re: SS Pin tumbling
Yes, the Lemishine is important. The citric acid in it is what eats the tarnish off.