I'm the one who started the other thread on where to get the cheapest media. I asked because I have been cleaning all of the brass I have on hand for the past couple of weeks and I have gone thru about 12 pounds of it.

I do like a bright shiny brass so I also use Frankfort Arsenal Brass Polish as an additive along with dryer sheets. I've found that I can clean about 5000 .45acp brass before the media has gummed up and become smooth.

I do not use corncob media because the walnut does a great job with the polish added.

I'm using about 3 pounds of media in the tumbler and run it for 5 hours. This gets the brass looking as good as new. Doing this just breaks down the media faster than running it for a couple of hours. I have also been running the tumbler 24 hours a day for the past week.

Right now I'm using a Lyman Pro1200, but what I really want is the big Dillon tumbler and their separator. I'm thinking about getting those for myself this Christmas.