Question for you dry tubmlers

[huntsd]

Just made the switch from wet to dry tumbling. Was sick of drying brass. After my first dry tumble in corncob media with flitz polish & running the cleaned brass through my media separator this is a ton of "dust" on the outside of the brass. SO I assume there is a ton of "dust" on the inside of the case. This normal? Do you guys run with it or blow off the dust somehow?

 

[Nine Banger]

I have a thing that looks like a bingo ball turner I dump the whole batch in and roll it until all the media is separated.

I don't do anything after that except wash my hands after loading.

I'm always kind of disgusted when I pour that crap back in the tumbler so I only tumble if I'm doing something special like giving the ammo to someone or taking it on a trip. I use One Shot lube.

 

[huntsd]

I have a thing that looks like a bingo ball turner I dump the whole batch in and roll it until all the media is separated.

I don't do anything after that except wash my hands after loading.

I'm always kind of disgusted when I pour that crap back in the tumbler so I only tumble if I'm doing something special like giving the ammo to someone or taking it on a trip. I use One Shot lube.

Thanks. Forgot to mention I use a media separator too. updated in my post. I am probably over thinking it.

 

[Judd]

The dust is normal...some media will have less of it than others (brands and corn vs walnut vs rice) but I don't worry about it. As I size every piece I wipe the One shot off the outside of the case and it takes care of the dust from then on. It's not as bad as it seems really.

 

[jerm8352]

Put a couple of dryer sheets in your tumbler. It cuts down on the dust.

 

[wapitibob]

I just used some brand new walnut media and have no dust anywhere. I did add a few drops of some 20 year old media polish my dad had laying around.

 

[Elnicko]

I use this stuff. No dust and doesn’t get caught in primer pockets or flash holes.

Desert Blend | Bedding | Zilla

Recreate a reptiles desert habitat with 100% natural crushed English walnut shells. Zilla Desert Blend provides an excellent heat-conducting substrate.

www.zillarules.com

 

[MacJenkins]

I wet tumble as I got sick of the dust. But when I did tumble for 15+ years I found the walnut shells to be a lot less dust. Would by bird litter at the pet store. Used a good bit of Dillion media polish and it helped a lot on the dust.

 

[Shortschaf]

My half baked theory is the dust acts as a dry lube for seating bullets

I dont do anything about it. Its fine
I dont consider my cases very dusty when I handle them though either. I just use harbor freight walnut shells

 

[Wrench]

A little.....as in very little media polish will help. You'll be running it for 10x as long as wet to get great results.....which makes dust.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Dust is normal, I hit em with aerosol duster because I'm a retard but it probably doesn't matter.

 

[cmaxed]

Try half corncob and half walnut and the add a couple oh dryer sheets.

 

[Lawnboi]

The dust won’t matter. Throw some dryer sheets In. After a hand full of of tumbles it’s largely gone.

I use Lyman media

 

[waspocrew]

I've never worried about the dust on or in the casings.

 

[huntsd]

Put a couple of dryer sheets in your tumbler. It cuts down on the dust.

The dust won’t matter. Throw some dryer sheets In. After a hand full of of tumbles it’s largely gone.

I use Lyman media

does the dust just stick to that?

 

[Lawnboi]

does the dust just stick to that?

Yes, a little alcohol on them helps too clump it up.

After a hand full of tumbles when the dust is gone they do a good job grabbing carbon

 

[WoolyBugger]

lyman corn cob media is minimally dusty for me

 

[wind gypsy]

I've been tumbling with rice and the primary upside to that is no dust. It wont clean primer pockets and case rim as well as corn cob or walnut media.

I recently saw someone on the hide mention tumbling outside without the top on the tumbler so I tried that with some old lyman cobb media on some particularly nasty brass and it helped a lot to mitigate the dust.

 

[Harvey_NW]

After running your brass through the media separator toss the lot on an old beach towel and grab it like a hammock, roll it back and forth a few times and voila, clean.