How to clean tarnished brass?
Can anyone tell me how to clean extremely tarnished brass cases. On a recent outing I did not bring some water to drop my cases in like usual and now I have some cases with black tarnish on them.
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Along loooong spell in the vibrator with some extra stuff added will do the trick, but I use an ultrasonic cleaner - cases still come out looking tarnished, but they clean up shiny after 20-30 minutes...
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I use a case tumbler, but the will basically never look like factory brass. In the end, it all shoots the same.Cheers,Michael
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I use Wrights Brass Cleaner in my tumble media. Cases come out looking new after 30-45 minutes. Before I started using it I polished brass for 12 hours and it was still not bright. Being exmilitary...
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For the Snider and MH cases I took an extra shellholder and drilled and tapped the hole to accept a machine bolt (can't remember the size). Cut the head off the bolt, screw the bolt into the...
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Since we are discussing tarnished brass, has anyone else noticed that the new Jamison brass tarnishes more quickly and is more difficult to clean than the CBC shot shell brass?dennis
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Denis,I noticed the difference also. Cartridge brass is a 30% zinc. I wonder if the CBC might have some aluminum in it. They use that to cut down on corroosion in brass.DD *********To find things...
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DD,I figured the composition of Jamison was different from CBC but had no idea what it might be. Even using amonia, I can't get the Jamison cases to shine like new. And if I don't clean them within...
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No I think the brass Jamison brass is acting like good quality cartridge brass. Never had quality cartridge brass that didn't tarnish like the Jamison with black powder.I have never seen cartridge...
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I dump my cases in a plastic jug of soapy water after firing. Scrub out in the sink, decap and dump in boiling water.I don't have a tumbler, but fine steel wool does a pretty good job on the...
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Ceramic media used wet in a rotary tumbler usually removes tarnishing, the cases come out very clean but dull.If you want them shiny then a trip with some dry corn cob medium in the tumbler will shine...
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