JCB Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hi Anyone tried rice as tumbling media? Works good? If so, still use brasspolish in the rice? Jostein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I've been told it will work, personally I think it would wear out more quickly than corncob or walnut hulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anachronism Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Use the search function. We beat this to death last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I don't think it worked nearly as well as my usual 2 hours of walnut followed by 2 hours of corn cob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks... I´ll stick to the walnut then... Just much more rice in the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singlestackman Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 works just as good as walnut for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz-0 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Clean vs shine is between walnut and corn cob for me. MUCH lower dust though. It looks nasty sooner, but lasts about as long as corn cob does for me and actually comes out of the .223 cases. Works less well if it it very humid, and if you are one to add a bit of car polish, I'd recommend against it. It doesn't give up the dirt to a dryer sheet, but that trick never worked well for me with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical_man Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I like industrial corn cob blasting media much better. Cheap and comes out of bottleneck cases easily. Readily available from your favorite welding supply house or Internet tool source. - john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revomodel10 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Rice, always order extra for "general tso chicken" ! As for brass, go corn or walnut...........BRASS polish included! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redial Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 rice didn't work at all for me. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 rice didn't work at all for me. YMMV Me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlnel Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I like the idea of being able to make a quick stir fry after! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 You will love the added flavor all the primer and powder residue will impart !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I used rice for more than 5 years. It works just fine if you only want clean. It will not polish the brass. At one time, it was about $6 per 25 lb bags. But this year I switched to walnut reptile stuff from Petco. I do not need my brass to be shiny only clean. If you clean after you load to get the lube off and use JHP you really might not like rice since it has been know to get into the HP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane8168 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Rice always sticks in my 9mm brass... PITA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthem Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 will concur with above on rice with HP - bad idea. . .. also, i have found rice just doesn't last as long and shows dirt so much sooner.. . Almost like you have to rinse rice all the time but the more you rinse, the more it actually dissolves. So again - not as advantageous as other medias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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