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Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 04 Jan 2016 15:23
by Archer
Don,
When I'm handling brass and worried about the fingerprints I typically us the nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight. I don't typically use them when doing the actual loading but only when dumping the tumbler for longer term storage. I tumble out on the deck or my bud's garage. Never had a lot of problems as long as I was loading in a controlled environment. Working in the heat and I'd need to load with the gloves on to keep from leaving brown fingerprints.
There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 04 Jan 2016 18:53
by GasGuzzler
For now I'll try to come up with a way to grind this Lyman crap up smaller.
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 17:15
by Archer
GasGuzzler wrote:For now I'll try to come up with a way to grind this Lyman crap up smaller.
Too fluffy and too much effort to too little gain IMO.
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 17:26
by Ohio3Wheels
donhuff wrote:snip
I am putting a squirt of Dawn 2x, and a big shot of the Lemishine, probably a table spoon or more. I have no problem with the cleaning part. It is doing great. I am learning how long to tumble different amounts of brass to get the same amount of clean. I also have some more pins on the way as I have learned that when doing a small batch say 100-150 9mms, it takes maybe 1 1/2 hrs. But on 400, 38 specials, it took 3-4 hours to get them to the same level of clean. So I'm thinking more pins should help with the bigger batches, and wont hurt on the smaller ones.
Not sure about the more pins would like to hear how that goes. According to "experts" elsewhere it only take a pinch of the Lemishine. I read it on the internet it must be true
. I have a set of measuring spoons labled with sizes like pinch, smidgen etc. I use the pinch one for my tumbler. Found that much more gave the brass a color cast.
Make smoke,
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 18:41
by GasGuzzler
Too much citric acid makes the brass pink. Offset with baking soda if needed.
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 18:44
by donhuff
I don't measure hardly anything. I just turn the container up and dump a good bit out.
I'm very color blind so if it has a color cast, I wouldn't know it.
Whats wrong with PINK brass?
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 18:46
by Ohio3Wheels
Nothing
Make smoke,
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 18:48
by donhuff
The wife sez they are Purdy
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 18:56
by Ohio3Wheels
My other brass makes fun of it
Make smoke,
Re: There really is a Santa Clause
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 21:31
by GasGuzzler
Scares me like nearly anything else pink.