Length of time SS pin cleaned brass stays bright

[Walter Laich]

I got my STM stuff right before then end of 2013.
Settled on using 1/4 tsp. of Lemi-Shine and 3 Tbsp. of Armor-All Wash & Wax in with the water and pins.
Tumbled for 4 hours
Rinsed several times with clean water and set out on a towel overnight to dry.
Brass was as shiny as those in pictures on STM website
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Happened to look at a small bucket of .38 Sp brass I cleaned the first week of 2014.
They have been in this open container in my unheated garage.
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They are still as shiny and bright as the .45 Colts I took out two days ago. Really can't tell the difference between the two batches.
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Just so you know...

[Love Life]

Interesting. I may need to try this armorall stuff. Can you set a small amount of clean brass to the side and let us know how it looks in a year?

[dudel]

Any reason why it shouldn't?

I have brass that I tumbled in walnut media years ago, that still looks good. Didn't have to do anything special to it. Just tumbled and put into a container.

[Mike Kerr]

I am still using Corn media, like always, so I can only speculate that your brass will stay looking like new for 3 years, seven months, and 13 days. Now if someone can confirm or disprove this - that would be great.

[Love Life]

The reason I asked is because SS cleaned brass cleaned with citric acid and soap, will tarnish shortly afterwards.

Brass SS cleaned with citric acid and soap, then tumbled in CC with NU-Finish, will look brand new a year later even when left in an unheated/cooled garage in an open air tote.

I am just curious if this armorall will keep it looking brand new for the same amount of time or longer. if so then I can swap to using the armorall over having to CC tumble in Nu-finish.

It is a legitimate question that is important to me.

[MUSTANG]

I'm with Love Life. If I can add another item (Armor-All Wash & Wax) to the mix when tumbling in SS media and it stay shiny, that saves another step of tumbling again in Corn Ccob media and Polish (i.e. NuFinish. etc..).

[Moonman]

What's in ARMOUR ALL, any AMMONIA?

[Love Life]

Is your caps lock broken?

[Moonman]

I looked up MSDS sheet, NO AMMONIA.

[Love Life]

Armorall- http://www.armorall.com/

[Mike Kerr]

Love Life wrote,
"It is a legitimate question that is important to me."

I was trying to be jocular not cruel, sorry if my post came across mean spirited.

[gunoil]

Thanks for the thread, lam gonna add some to my lemi-shine.

[Bayou52]

I have substituted Armor-All for Dawn in my wet tumbling many months ago. I use 1 ounce of Armor-All per drum in the Thumler's Model B along with 1/4 tsp of Lemi-Shine.

There is no difference in tumbling time nor the quality of the cleaning between Armor-All and Dawn. The difference is that the brass does not re-tarnish with the use of Armor-All. The small amount of wax residue impedes tarnish return.

I've had brass wet tumbled with Armor-All setting out exposed to open air for months with no noticable discoloration.

In short, it is simply my experience that the stuff works.

[jjsharpshooter]

After tumbling the cases if you put them through a carbide sizing die does it remove the wax coating?

[Moonman]

What type of ARMOUR ALL they have wash/wash&wax/ premium wash wax?????

[Love Life]

I'm going to try some of the Armor All on a test batch. Thank you for the tip!!!

[Bayou52]

What type of ARMOUR ALL they have wash/wash&wax/ premium wash wax?????

I use Armor-All Ultra Shine Wash & Wax.

Here's a link to the product at Wally World:

http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Armor-A...81?type=search

Hope this helps.....

[Bayou52]

After tumbling the cases if you put them through a carbide sizing die does it remove the wax coating?

I have done the exact thing - run the brass tumbled in Armor-All wash & wax through a carbide die (.38 SPL). This does not seem to remove the residual wax coating on the brass. The return of tarnish seems to remain impeded.

And the brass sure seems to pass through the die very smoothly, too......

[Bogone]

Bump for a really good thread, should be a sticky.

[jjsharpshooter]

Looks like I'll buy some and try it, can always use it on the car.