WVMountaineer
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Frankly, you are ready brother. Keep doing what ever you are doing. that cleaned brass looked really good and it should ease your mind to know that the crud won't make it into the died or your gun.
Change the media only when it stops cleaning good. Don't over load the tumbler and it will clean it quickly. Another alternative to the wax is a drop of Hoppe's #9 instead. It works great. If you are looking for BRIGHT Brass, Just a drop of the Hoppes per batch or the brass will get a dark hue to it. I'm assuming you used Walnut media for the tumbler. It has a dark hue to the brass. Shiny but dark. Corn will brighten the brass better than Walnut too. I say that about Hoppes and the Media just FYI. There is ZERO wrong with what you have done so far. It looks great.
You are behind right now but, if you will work all the brass up to the primer pockets being cleaned, in the future you can keep up as you fire the brass. Little extra time is all it takes currently. After that, it won;t be noticed. It will be for you to decide if cleaning the PP is necessary. However, if you are priming with a hand primer, I'd say you'll see the benefits real quick. If you decide to clean the PP, let the tumbler do the work in getting most of the PP clean on your long tumble after sizing and depriming step.
You are doing great. You got a lot of conflicting info depending on how some approach cleaning their brass. In time, you'll develop your own methods. Just keep at it and enjoy. God Bless
Change the media only when it stops cleaning good. Don't over load the tumbler and it will clean it quickly. Another alternative to the wax is a drop of Hoppe's #9 instead. It works great. If you are looking for BRIGHT Brass, Just a drop of the Hoppes per batch or the brass will get a dark hue to it. I'm assuming you used Walnut media for the tumbler. It has a dark hue to the brass. Shiny but dark. Corn will brighten the brass better than Walnut too. I say that about Hoppes and the Media just FYI. There is ZERO wrong with what you have done so far. It looks great.
You are behind right now but, if you will work all the brass up to the primer pockets being cleaned, in the future you can keep up as you fire the brass. Little extra time is all it takes currently. After that, it won;t be noticed. It will be for you to decide if cleaning the PP is necessary. However, if you are priming with a hand primer, I'd say you'll see the benefits real quick. If you decide to clean the PP, let the tumbler do the work in getting most of the PP clean on your long tumble after sizing and depriming step.
You are doing great. You got a lot of conflicting info depending on how some approach cleaning their brass. In time, you'll develop your own methods. Just keep at it and enjoy. God Bless