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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2167 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Crushed walnut media grit for vibrating tumbler? Yesterday at 7:57pm	Print Post
	It's been a long, long time since I've used a vibrating tumbler with walnut media, having switched over to a Thumblers tumbler & ceramic or stainless steel media many years ago. I see that crushed walnut comes in several grit mixes, 8/12, 12/20, 20/40, 40/60, etc. What grit do you guys use for cleaning cases & general purpose firearm loading? How about corn cob which seems to come in only one grit? I would think crushed walnut is more aggressive than corn cob media. Wayne

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Win1906 Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: altona,ny Joined: Mar 28^th, 2026	Re: Crushed walnut media grit for vibrating tumbler? Reply #1 - yesterday at 11:19pm	Print Post
	You couldn't give me a million dollars for me to give up my lyman cyclone with stainless pins.walnut shell vibraters are antique garbage way to try and polish brass.i like clean brass not polished.


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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2167 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: Crushed walnut media grit for vibrating tumbler? Reply #2 - Today at 12:36am	Print Post
	I'm not asking for an opinion on which technique to use for cleaning & polishing brass. As noted in my opening post, I've been using a rotary tumbler for many years & will continue to do so. I recently bought a vibrating tumbler which should be a little gentler than a rotary type. Looking for suggestions on a good grit size. Will likely go with 12/20 medium grit if no one has a better suggestion. Wayne

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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2167 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: Crushed walnut media grit for vibrating tumbler? Reply #3 - Today at 1:05am	Print Post
	OK, I made a decision to go with corn cob media. Rather than starting a thread on the subject here, I should have searched the Internet for pros & cons of walnut vs corn cob. I won't be using the vibrating tumble for cleaning cartridge brass. What I need is a media that will result in a high polish on metal parts, a higher polish than available with a rotary tumbler with either ceramic or stainless . From everything I've read, in a vibrating tumbler corn cob is less aggressive and results in a higher polish than walnut. Wayne

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