I did use too much lemi shine the first time I ran the tumbler and did not rinse the brass long enough and it ended up having a lot of water spots on it. Had to run it again thru my vibratory and corn cob to clean it up.
Originally Posted By: DultimatpredatorI put in a second load at 9pm last night and took them out at 8 this morning. They look awsome...again. so overnight works as well and wasn't too long. I have left them in too long in the past like 2 days straight with the minimal amount of lemi shine and they look like green military brass when they come out if somebody likes that look. I would describe it as a satin olive color.
that was probably the detergent breakdown mentioned above.
all your carbon that the pins broke loose came out of the emulsion and got rolled neatly and evenly back right onto your brass.
That's brass that had been fired, cleaned in ground corn cob & put in a ziplock some years ago. Possibly as long as 10 years. The primer pockets were dirty, as they just got decapped before this cleaning & the insides were carbon black as is typical from the other cleaning.
If you follow the directions they gave me mine look like brand new bright polished brass in 3 hours. Your brass looked like mine after tumbling...the whole reason I started this thread. You aren't putting in enough lemishine and dishwashing liquid.
I need to measure how much water this cleaner holds & then make sure my mix is correct for volume & try again. I'm pleased with the results of my first attempt.
1 tbsp lemi shine in 2 quarts is WAYYYY to much from my testing [edit] in the tumbler [/edit]
try it at 1/4 tsp or less.
i'm running 0.5cc per quart (1/10th tsp) in the tumbler, on very hard well water.
i started out at a measured teaspoon per quart and was getting spotting and quick tarnish after cleaning. i had to back way way way down, i just kept cutting the lemishine in half until the spotting went away.