Any 'homebrew' brass polish recipes?

[BoolitBill]

I use a rock polisher (wet tumbler) and Cream of Tartar works great at polishing the brass. About a teaspoon per load.

[No_1]

WOW! That is good stuff if it does that in 1 1/4 hours. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

On another note, I have been using the nu-finish for a long time and have not had the light orange halo's that you have mentioned. I will have to look carefully at the stuff I have laying around and see what I find.

Robert

I know Nu-Finish if popular, but it's not good for brass since it has a petroleum base. Also, it will actually ATTRACT debris to your cases. If you tumble some brass ... let it sit out for a couple of weeks ... and you will notice light orange halos forming around the brass from the oils in the Nu-Finish.

I made up my own recipe not too long ago, and I like it better than any wax based formula.

So far I've left mine out in this same box for 3 weeks in a humid garage, and it still hasn't tarnished or discolored in any way.



Here's the recipe .....


Note: I use a 16 oz. plastic cup for my measurements.

~3 scoops of fine corncob media

~1 scoop walnut media (lizard litter from Petsmart)

~ Small ribbon of Flitz Media / Tumbler additive

~ 1 Tsp of Lemishine in granular form

I let all of this tumble in my Thumbler's Tumbler Industrial Vibratory Tumbler for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, and it goes from dirty milsurp brass to the above.

[mike in co]

I know Nu-Finish if popular, but it's not good for brass since it has a petroleum base. Also, it will actually ATTRACT debris to your cases. If you tumble some brass ... let it sit out for a couple of weeks ... and you will notice light orange halos forming around the brass from the oils in the Nu-Finish.

I made up my own recipe not too long ago, and I like it better than any wax based formula.

So far I've left mine out in this same box for 3 weeks in a humid garage, and it still hasn't tarnished or discolored in any way.



Here's the recipe .....


Note: I use a 16 oz. plastic cup for my measurements.

~3 scoops of fine corncob media

~1 scoop walnut media (lizard litter from Petsmart)

~ Small ribbon of Flitz Media / Tumbler additive

~ 1 Tsp of Lemishine in granular form

I let all of this tumble in my Thumbler's Tumbler Industrial Vibratory Tumbler for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, and it goes from dirty milsurp brass to the above.

sorry, i just dont buy it.....
i sell brass for a living.....i dont sell krappy looking brass. most of my once fired brass looks like new...i get that question all the time.

i got no orange on my brass.........

since when do "petroleum products"...thats pretty genreral...affect brass........
specically what in nufinish that affect the brass in a way negative to shooting ??

tell that to dillon, tell it to midway ........


sorry it just aint so...........

[mike in co]

[QUOTE=riverwalker76;929559]I know Nu-Finish if popular, but it's not good for brass since it has a petroleum base. Also, it will actually ATTRACT debris to your cases. If you tumble some brass ... let it sit out for a couple of weeks ... and you will notice light orange halos forming around the brass from the oils in the Nu-Finish.

I made up my own recipe not too long ago, and I like it better than any wax based formula.

So far I've left mine out in this same box for 3 weeks in a humid garage, and it still hasn't tarnished or discolored in any way.



QUOTE]

sorry, i just dont buy it.....
i sell brass for a living.....i dont sell krappy looking brass. most of my once fired brass looks like new...i get that question all the time.

i got no orange on my brass.........

since when do "petroleum products"...thats pretty genreral...affect brass........
specically what in nufinish that affect the brass in a way negative to shooting ??

tell that to dillon, tell it to midway ........
and as far as "WAX BASED"
READ THIS FROM NUFINSH'S SITE


"Only product in the market that contains no wax. "
Conventional waxes don't last long because the common ingredient in these products, carnauba wax, breaks down quickly from everyday conditions. Neither Nu Finish Liquid nor Nu Finish Paste Car Polish contain carnauba waxes. No other liquid or paste products can make that claim!

Nu Finish is made up of a series of zinc cross-linking polymer emulsions that help Nu Finish last longer than any other polish on the market. This is why Nu Finish is called "The-Once-A-Year Car Polish." Watch how Nu Finish makes water bead month after month.

sounds like something wrong in YOUR PROCESS.



sorry it just aint so...........

[mike in co]

Nope.
I can't understand your logic. I'm talking about a phenomenon that occurs from too slick cases, you're talking about sompin' else, and throw in "as listed" which wasn't the side topic I described. I'm Outta here...

your opening statement" too slick" is why we are talking two differnt things here....

nu finish, as discussed on these boards, DOES NOT PROVIDE TOO SLICK OF A FINISH.


you have changed the topic is mid stream.

the topic was" nufinish cause too slick of brass" it was not that "too slick of brass may cause an issue......"

you have gone out of context, not me...

what the other guy said.....

mike in co

[riverwalker76]

Talk about being attacked on your own topic. WOW! /\/\/\/\

Try the Flitz Media / Tumbler additive sold at Midway everyone.


You won't be disappointed.


Like I said in my previous post ....

I stand behind the Nu-Finish comments I made above. I don't like it, but a lot of people do. When I get home I can take some pics of some orange rings for you that were caused by Nu-Finish car wax.

[mike in co]

Talk about being attacked on your own topic. WOW! /\/\/\/\

Try the Flitz Media / Tumbler additive sold at Midway everyone.


You won't be disappointed.


Like I said in my previous post ....

I stand behind the Nu-Finish comments I made above. I don't like it, but a lot of people do. When I get home I can take some pics of some orange rings for you that were caused by Nu-Finish car wax.

talk about people that cannot read.
first it is not YOUR OWN TOPIC...it was started by tristan.

and then you "stand behind" your statements even tho the maker clearly states you are wrong,
AND
THEN YOU AGAIN USE THE WORD WAX....when nufinsh clearly states there is no WAX in the product.

when you used nufinsh, did you use your mix of corn and walnut ??


you were not attacked...you made statements that were not correct, and they were corrected.

and yes your brass looks good.


mike in co

[johnlaw484]

Nobody has mentioned jeweler's rouge added to the media. Works extremely well as a dry polish when mineral spirits are added to the mix.

[mike in co]

Nobody has mentioned jeweler's rouge added to the media. Works extremely well as a dry polish when mineral spirits are added to the mix.

esp if one want to polish his bbl with rouge........

i have seen brass polished with rouge...most i have seen have had a residue on the case. an obvious red dust....... it may be a fine polish, but that just means its a fine abrasive....mayeb going down my bbl.

did not say it does not work , just saying clean up well afterwards.

mike in co