Tumbling media

[Spandangler]

Hey gang
Which is the best media for a polish. I’ve got corn cob. Is Walnut shell better or is that more for getting the rust and crud off.

And how often do you change the media.

Thanks all

 

[Moonbus]

I'm interested in this as well, and what aditions do you add to the media to aid polishing / cleaning, such as Brasso ?

 

[RudeDogg1]

Walnut for the first day or so of decrudding then corncob for the rest

 

[ronsplooter]

I don't normally bother with switching between different media. Just walnut with a slug of Autosol in does the trick

 

[Paul]

I don't normally bother with switching between different media. Just walnut with a slug of Autosol in does the trick

Same with me

 

[Cmor111]

I don't normally bother with switching between different media. Just walnut with a slug of Autosol in does the trick

Same here, but I'm open to others advice as I've only tumbled a couple of times now.

How often should you change the media?

 

[ronsplooter]

Change the media when it looks dirty, it’ll differ depending on how manky the parts you put in were. I’d generally clean anything really bad before tumbling.

 

[newdos]

I do the same as @ronsplooter as well - when its black change it!!!

 

[Spandangler]

Thanks all. I’ll stick with the corn cob then.