Re: Stainless Steel Media Testimonials
Thanks Mark, got my 10 lbs. on 3/6/2010ad, i immediately got out the T.T. filled it half full of 5X fired 5.56mm NATO brass, added 5 lbs. of SS media, added water till it was about 1" over the brass, then an unmeasured squirt of Dawn (as it turned out, too much) sealed the T.T. turned it on, 3 hours later i opened it and nothing but very thick foam appeared, scooping it off and removing a handful of brass.., WoW ! very clean and water soap mix was <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">BLACK !</span></span> then i found two cases from the handful had pins stuck in the case mouth and not too clean inside the case on about half of them (i will re-tumble them later) after draining and rinsing several times, put the whole batch on a stainless tray and into the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes, reduced the heat to 150 for half hour (not long enough, some were still wet inside) used a donut magnet from a burned out micro wave magnetron to remove SS pins, big mistake !! then put the remaining brass in my Dillon media separator, (best method) after the separation, i discovered about 50 rounds had pins stuck in case mouth, removed them, inspected several handsful and about half were clean inside, the others dirty but cleaner than corn cob or walnut.
i am fairly pleased with my first experience with the SS media, but need to refine my process.
BTW, has anyone else had the experience of pins sticking in the .224 cal. cases ?
