2.5 LB Stainless Steel Tumbling Media Pins for Case Tumbling - 0.039 Diameter, 0.255 Length

SOOO MUCH BETTER than vibrating with shell/cobb media! cases come out clean and shiny with clean primer pockets, something Im picky about. Worked good in my rock tumbler so I am going to step up to a full time case tumbler and get another bottle of pins. Just do it!

I make small, wearable sculptures in enamel, metals, and glass, and use a vibratory tumbler to put a final polish on my work. For metals, I use stainless steel media in a variety of shapes that can reach into every nook and cranny of the surface. These pins are wonderful for getting into tiny spaces, and small enough that they also can pop right back out. They arrived clean and ready for use, in a small plastic jar with a screwtop lid, which will allow me to store them until needed. Recommended.

I love to find rocks and tumble them. Many rockhounds are using this type of media now, so iI ordered this to see how it would work. I started with my rotary tumbler about 3/4 full and added these to fill in the spaces. I am tumbling various sizes of quartz, a hard material. I have not completely finished the tumbling process yet, but have just finished stage two. So far, I think this is doing a good job. I will update this post when I have gone through the entire process. I gave this four stars because it is HEAVY

I use a rotary tumbler and have been using ceramic and plastic tumbling media. This is my first time trying stainless steel and it gives me a wonderful shine that I wasnt achieving with the other materials. This is a quality product, it came ready-to-use, in a nice reusable container, and Im happy with the results.

Finally got around to trying these in my wet tumbler. Theyre just as good as more expensive offerings from your local shop. Recommended if youre trying to put together a loading setup on a budget.

I had never used pins always, ground medias like walnut shells, these work really well and really get hard inclusions off the surface of what you are trying to clean/smooth. I was worried the harder material might cause scratches but have yet to encounter any marring.

I am selling my vibrating case cleaner now that I have discovered stainless steel pins! My shell casing look like brand new when they come out of the rotary tumbler and even the insides are so much cleaner. Just add a little dish soap with the water and tumble away. One of the unexpected bonus to making the change to stainless pins is no nasty dust when separating the casings from the media since its all dissolved in with the water. Additionally unlike the dry media that gets dirty and needs to be replaced fairly often thats not the case with the stainless steel pins. If you are looking for a better way to clean cases bite the bullet and make the change its worth it!

These are great. They are ferris stainless I think because a magnet will pick them up if I drop a few. They clean brass amazingly well.

I always clean my coins that I find metal detecting in a tumbler with stainless steel media. I remove any valuable coins and jewelry first, then dump all the modern day coins into my tumbler. I add the stainless steel media, a few drops of dish soap or toilet bowl cleaner and some water. I let them tumble for at least six hours, then check on them. The stainless steel media does a great job of getting the built up dirt and minerals off of the coins, even in the little nooks and crannies. The media also cleans jewelry very well. I make it a point to keep it clean and dry when not in use. The very last pic shows coins that I tumbled for about six hours. All of the other pics are of coins and other items that I dug up while metal detecting. As you can see, most things are encrusted with dirt, grime, and mineral deposits. Cleaning the coins one a time with a brush is not an option. For that reason alone, is why I use a rotating tumbler with the stainless steel media. I’m very happy with the end results. With the coins clean, they will process through the CoinStar machines, something that would not happen if they had not been cleaned. I hope the review is helpful. Thank you.

This looks like its going to be perfect to use for brass cleaning in the small tumbler that I have. Unfortunately, the lid came off during shipping and I had to reclaim about half the bottle from the pouch that it was shipped in.