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Tumblers and walnut media

By fossmin

5 years ago


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    Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

    While a tumbler will clean and polish, I'd highly recommend cleaning your parts before tumbling or the media gets dirty quickly. They don't have to go in an ultrasonic. Just spray with Purple Power, brush well and rinse.[quoted image]

    I soak all of my parts in Purple Power, Mean Green, or any other cleaning liquid. Sometimes I scrub them with soap and water. I use corn cob media. After a soak, rince and scrub I throw them in the tumbler wet.

    The corn cob media lasts a long time.

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    Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

    Agreed. They won't even be close. If you've got larger pieces you need tumbled, I'd be more than happy to do them for you. Just pay postage both ways.
    Larger tumblers just don't pay for themselves if you only need them once or twice a year. I can tumble most anything.
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    My 5 lb. tumbler works for most items. There are times I wish I had the 18 lb’er but I cannot justify the cost.

    For my drop target metal plates I use the buffer and shine them up.

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    Quoted from yellowghost:

    Anybody try using sand? Not to polish..but to clean really corroded parts to be painted?

    I tried some kitty litter one time. That was a bust.

    I think sand would be too heavy for a vibrating tumbler.

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    Quoted from solarvalue:

    Does anyone find that the walnut shells get ground down into dust after a while? Maybe I just got the wrong walnut shells.

    Yes.

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