Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:56 pm
Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:44 pm
lamrith wrote:MadPick wrote:I assume he's referring to the Southern Shine media. As far as I know they're only on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/southernshinetumblers/
Five pounds shipped for $23.50, so it's pretty cheap.
Just placed an order for some of this, we will see how it goes.
Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:20 pm
PMB wrote:lamrith wrote:MadPick wrote:I assume he's referring to the Southern Shine media. As far as I know they're only on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/southernshinetumblers/
Five pounds shipped for $23.50, so it's pretty cheap.
Just placed an order for some of this, we will see how it goes.
Looking forward to some review action Larry. Let's get cracking bud
Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:35 pm
I was just kidding around sir.lamrith wrote:God lord, impatient bunch around here. Ease up on the wet tumbling newby would yah?
lamrith wrote:CON - Media is cumbersome to work with compared to std pin SS media.
This media is so fine and light that the molecular cohesion of water will make it stick to things.
I've gone to draining the water into a 3 gallon aluminum pot, then pouring most of the water out of it, rinsing once or twice, transfering brass to separator, using a strong magnet to pick up the pins in the bottom of the clean-rinsed aluminum pan. (I use aluminum because of the step with the magnet. Non-magnetic SS would work well too, but rare in cooking pots and pans.)lamrith wrote:Being so fine also makes it difficult to drain off water after tumbling and after rinsing. If you are not super careful some ends up down the drain. This was in the sink when I tried to drain to quickly.
I thank you kindly sir. My boys were about to order some pins, thought I'd check with you guys first.lamrith wrote:So that is my inexperienced thoughts on it. I am using some .062x.50" pin media now and fine it easier to work with. No real decision on which cleans better.
Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:39 pm
PMB wrote:For those who haven't dug the physics of it, H20 is a magnet . . . .
Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:48 pm
MadPick wrote:PMB wrote:For those who haven't dug the physics of it, H20 is a magnet . . . .
That's funny . . . "physics" and "H-twenty" in the same sentence.
Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:22 pm
PMB wrote:I was just kidding around sir.lamrith wrote:God lord, impatient bunch around here. Ease up on the wet tumbling newby would yah?
PMB wrote:lamrith wrote:CON - Media is cumbersome to work with compared to std pin SS media.
This media is so fine and light that the molecular cohesion of water will make it stick to things.
The pins stick in the same way... Sure sucks when gravity overcomes that H2O magnetic thing. (For those who haven't dug the physics of it, H20 is a magnet due to the O's sticking to one side of the H and the electron sharing. Cool stuff.)
PMB wrote:I've gone to draining the water into a 3 gallon aluminum pot, then pouring most of the water out of it, rinsing once or twice, transferring brass to separator, using a strong magnet to pick up the pins in the bottom of the clean-rinsed aluminum pan. (I use aluminum because of the step with the magnet. Non-magnetic SS would work well too, but rare in cooking pots and pans.)lamrith wrote:Being so fine also makes it difficult to drain off water after tumbling and after rinsing. If you are not super careful some ends up down the drain. This was in the sink when I tried to drain to quickly.
Regarding the rinsing of SS tumbling media : I'm like a hungry chickenhawk over a freshly hatched batch of Speckled Sussex chicks... Nothing is going to get away.
PMB wrote:I thank you kindly sir. My boys were about to order some pins, thought I'd check with you guys first.lamrith wrote:So that is my inexperienced thoughts on it. I am using some .062x.50" pin media now and fine it easier to work with. No real decision on which cleans better.
Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:50 pm
lamrith wrote:Actually I can tell you definitively the pins (ones I am using now) stick nothing like this granular media, it is night and day difference.
lamrith wrote:Which tumbler do you have?
What's the hold up? Let's get cracking bud.lamrith wrote: because of the granular media I have come up with a new setup to make draining water and rinsing super easy without losing media. I will write it up and share video sometime in the next few days.
Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:13 am
PMB wrote:lamrith wrote:Actually I can tell you definitively the pins (ones I am using now) stick nothing like this granular media, it is night and day difference.
Good to know. I'll measure my pins and see whether I should have pins envy compared to you and Mr MadPick. I think mine are smaller, if the pic MadPick sent me is to scale.
PMB wrote:What's the hold up? Let's get cracking bud.
Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:15 am
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Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:01 pm
SixPointEight wrote:Some interesting "science" in here. Just because water is polar, does not make it magnetic, and it 100% is not magnetic. Water does have attractive force between water molecules, cohesion. Also it will tend to stick to surfaces, adhesion. The combination of adhesion and cohesion is what is sticking your pins to the brass, rubber and whatever else you're using in your wet tumbling process.
My pins are small, and also adhere to both the brass and the rubber liner of my tumbler when wet
Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:36 pm
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