Dry FARTing?

[Marco Califo]

I have a spare FART tumbler container. What if I were to fill it with 500+ 40SW and tumble it NO PINS, No Blue FART Juice, but a good amount of dry media and NuFinish?
I am just looking for shine. Anyone ever try that?

 

[MarkCO]

I've done it with poly beads and Lucas Metal Polish. Worked fine.

 

[akinswi]

You can but it will but a thin layer of polish on your cases and will create a film over time.

A marathon session with just plain corn cob will shine it up marathon I mean 24 hrs

 

[FITASC]

Can it actually handle 500 cases? If I did that with my Thumbler's Tumbler it would overload and burn up the motor. Once the capacity is resolved, using dry mixture and NuFinish does a great job. I finally changed out the used media for some new stuff - I use half corn cob and half walnut and a capful of polish (now Turtle Wax as NF wasn't available) Two hours with a mix if my brass and some range brass with dirt and grime, they came out perfectly shiny.

 

[Marco Califo]

Big FART

"Tumble up to 1,000 cases of .223 brass or up to 30 lbs."
That is from the description at https://www.midsouthshooterssupply....rotary-tumbler-(stainless-steel-media-tumbler)
for the original size FART. There are smaller ones.
Yes, I do process 1000 40SW at a time.

 

[Metal god]

Can it actually handle 500 cases?

The FART capacity is based on weight not how many cases because every type of case is different . That said , since you are not using water or the 5lbs of steel pins which together weighs 15lbs-ish . That's a whole lot of extra weight available . If the cases move and separate adequately as it rotates . My "guess" is it should not have a problem doing 500 40S&W cases . I think I do 300+ 308 cases and that's "with" water and steel pins .

 

[FrankenMauser]

I have a spare FART tumbler container. What if I were to fill it with 500+ 40SW and tumble it NO PINS, No Blue FART Juice, but a good amount of dry media and NuFinish?
I am just looking for shine. Anyone ever try that?

Dirty, grimy, nasty residue is the result. With a surface finish ranging from garbage to a dull shine (matte to satiny).

 

[akinswi]

I have an older FART, and it is way better than the new one I picked up. I use one with walnut then one with Corn Corb to polish.

Has anyone notice the older FART are better? Better as in you can really see it moving the media

 

[Metal god]

What’s old , mine is about 6 years old and thrashes everything around pretty good but I only wet tumble with it .

 

[akinswi]

What’s old , mine is about 6 years old and thrashes everything around pretty good but I only wet tumble with it .

15 years, Thats when I got it it was a hand me down

 

[Marco Califo]

My old one quit about 5 years ago. 10 years old. I got the new full size. Seems same to me.
I do not trust the smaller FARTs, and have no interest in trying them.

 

[Marco Califo]

I tried 1 gallon plus 45 ACP and some 40SW with corn cob and Nufinish. I think I used 2 capfuls. It works. It took 4+ hours. The brass had been dipped in RO water with citric acid. And were airdried outdoors. There had been some spots and discoloration. Very shiny now. I could smell the polish when I opened it. It did not make a mess in the drum. Will just rinse out.
Dry tumbling in the FART is a lot less work. I will still wet Tumble deprimed brass with the pins. But solely for shine this was a success.
The photo includes less than 5 nickel cases. Many that appear silver are different shades of yellow brass. Lighting by California sun.

 

[Metal god]

Right on man , glad it worked . I now know I too have that option thanks .

 

[FrankenMauser]

Tumbling for shine is primping and preening.
Purely an exercise of vanity.

 

[Marco Califo]

So FM, you are saying my shiny brass won't make the cover of "Handloaders Vogue", "Soldier of Fortune", or, "Rogue Shooters"??? I am crest-fallen.
There were two nickel plated in that hole batch. Neither was definitely in the image. I inspected and re packed the 45 ACP brass. I pulled a couple with small primer pockects,, and 10 or so for pocket scrapping.
My brass is now clean enough that I will now handle it for resizing. I have been using NEW Starline in 45, 40, 9mm, and that has upped my standard for handling range brass. My 40 SW, sized, inspected and culled, and passed through a bulge buster will get FART-ed today.

 

[akinswi]

I always wear nylon gloves to prevent that shiny brass getting finger prints on them

 

[Marco Califo]

I purchased a box of Nitrile gloves to wear while de-priming because that dark residue on my hands is not something I want on my skin.
I think my fingerprints on my brass will help confirm I shot them, and anyone with solid copper hollow points in them was where I was shooting.