Thread: Tumbler....????

I have never used a tumbler, all I know is u put media inside it such as crushed walnut shells or corn cob and it polishes. Know i did see in a thread Glen puts Turtle Wax rubbing compound in with the media also, it does not remove pittin from rust either. I guess what Im getting at is what kind of results do you get from useing the tumbler? Will it remove the black stain or tarnish from metal ? What kind of results could I expect from useing one?
Thanks Tony

From my experience you have to work on the blad before you put it in the tumbler. It will not do the whole blade cleaning and polishing job for you, and certainly not going to remove pitting for you.
I go all the way to 1500 sand paper before I put the blade in the walnut media. In the walnut media I have Turtle Wax Rubbing compound and 20 micron Diamond paste, in my corn cob media I have Turtle Wax Polishing compound.
Hope this helps.

I just picked one up this weekend at Bass Pro, and have the same questions. I got walnut and another one that is corn cob with rouge(tufnut) that I guess is the final polish unless I use corn with metal polish. Can crushed glass be used? What will that do and is it finer or coarser than walnut?

I use lizard litter as my walnut media, been doing so for a few years, as I also tumble brass for reloading. I'm finding that using that, with turtle wax rubbing compound, I don't need to go to corn cob. It comes out very highly polished. I tried the corncob afterwards and saw no improvement.

I've only done 4 blades so far. One was a real rust bucket, the others had tarnish and minor pitting. Tumbling will remove light rust and tarnish. The pitting will only go away with sanding. However, tumbling will clear out the rust in the pits and help you see how much sanding you need to do. I will usually tumble for a couple of days, then sand, then tumble again. Not really faster that way, but I dont' tire myself out sanding it to death that way.

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