I bought a 50# bag of rice for eating, but that is not the whole story. I was out of media so took a pound or two of the rice and used it, works quite well, I had 5# of B-B's that have been sitting on the shelf for years I reasoned that would be good to polish the brass, so dumped them in "WOW" it cleans inside and out to look new and they do not ware out. Best looking brass I have had in years.