Thread: New Idea??? Experimentation....

Originally Posted by balaban9331

took peices of my leftover sandpaper and cut them into small peices and threw them into the walnut mix.trying to speed up the process or eliminate sanding to 400.after eight hours results look promising.will post if it works.

Any word on this good sir? Sounds like and interesting idea kinda like adding Crox to the mix like a few others have tried.

Originally Posted by commiecat

I got a tumbler for Christmas and just wanted to add some information to this thread. I'm not a reloader and found that the two gunshops in my area didn't carry media. Normally I'd be content with giving Midway some business due to their glowing reviews, but I wanted to try my new toy out immediately.

I found that you can get the media in pet sections or pet stores. Here are some links from the manufacturers. These brands were carried at Wal-Mart and Pet Smart by me:

Hartz corn cob bedding
Kaytee KayCob (corn cob) bedding
Kaytee walnut bedding
Zilla walnut reptile bedding

I didn't see any specific mentions of them on this thread but when I searched for the products I found a lot of positive reviews on gun forums as being inexpensive and effective media. I have the Zilla walnut and Hartz corn cob (my local stores only had the 25lb. Kaytee stuff) and while I've only done two razors, I'm happy with the results so far. HTH!

Thanks for the links commiecat are you planning to add anything to the media?



and as so many others have repeated awesome thread and idea Glen

Originally Posted by mbwhoosh

Thanks for the links commiecat are you planning to add anything to the media?

I picked up some liquid Turtle Wax rubbing compound for use with the walnut. I also had some Turtle Wax polishing paste which clumped the first time I loaded it in the corn cob -- so I removed the clumps, softened some paste in the microwave (15 - 20 seconds) and then reloaded it. Seems to have loaded fine now. I've only done about 6 razors, mostly experimenting, and I really love the results.