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Almost forgot to follow up. Here's my top secret recipe for all the world to see. Hope you guys appreciate it, this has been a closely guarded family secret for almost 30 days.


200 rounds of dirty brass
One capful (or a heavy squirt) of Turtle Wax Liquid Clay Bar (thought it was a Mother's product till I read the back label)
Light spray over the brass before it goes in with the FW1 aerosol cleaning wax
Two hours in the vibratory tumbler

Before is on the left, after on the right.
Like I said, I've only used this method with corn cob media, I assume it'll be just as good with other media types.

And here's a link to an insane hi-def version of the photo if you want to really drill in on the brass to see the difference:
http://4fraziers.dyndns.info:9999/4fraz ... ss_big.jpg

I use a dremel with a polishing wheel and Mom's clay polishing compound. I can reload at a rate of 100 rounds per year. (Just kidding).

Actually, I've been spraying the brass in bulk with a combination car cleaner wax from an aresol can (I'll get the brand name and post it with a pic when I get home) and then tossing it in the vibratory tumbler with corn cob media (haven't resorted to the pet supply media options yet, but will soon) and a squirt of clay based car polish (again, I'll get the brand and post a pic upon arrival at the homestead).

Brass comes out nice and shiny, the square deal B runs really smooth, and the real beauty is my tight tolerance Kimber Eclipse Ultra II seats and ejects these reloads with no problem.

No gummed up media, and every round goes bang when I pull the trigger. Of course, these rounds don't sit for a long period of time so I don't know if there would be any eventual fouling of powder or primers should minute amounts of the spray wax manage to seep in. And I don't use reloads for anything but practice.

Granted, the spray wax cleaner I'm using is pricey at 14 bucks a can, but one can lasts forever since it's just a light spray over a few hundred pieces of brass, and the clay based polish runs about six bucks... but, same thing, it only takes a squirt.